World Yearbook of Education 2016: The Global Education Industry
About this ebook
Split into three key sections, Part I explores how education agendas are shaped; Part II considers the private financing of education and the export of school improvements to professional consultancies; and Part III analyses new market niches, such as low-fee private schooling and for-profit education provisions.
The book draws upon case studies of many global organizations, including:
- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Pearson Affordable Learning Fund
- Bridge International Academies
- Teach for All
- Omega Schools
Co-edited by three internationally renowned scholars, Antoni Verger, Christopher Lubienski and Gita Steiner-Khamsi, WYBE 2016 will be a valuable resource for researchers, graduates and policy makers who are interested in the global education industry.
*Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
About the author
Antoni Verger is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Christopher Lubienski
is Professor of Education Policy at the University of Illinois, and a fellow with the National Education Policy Center.Gita Steiner-Khamsi
, PhD, is Professor of International andComparative Education and Chair of the Department of International and Transcultural Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University.
