Synopses & Reviews
Can education be run as a profitable business and still be driven by a humanitarian vision? SABIS® shows the answer is yes. With eighty schools in fifteen countries and over sixty thousand students, SABIS® is a global education company committed to improving lives. SABIS® has successfully managed schools for 125 yearsincluding the first charter school to reopen after Katrinaand this fascinating history explains the new paradigm it is spearheading and will appeal to anyone interested in education.
James Tooley is a professor of education policy at Newcastle University. His previous books include The Beautiful Tree and Educational Equality.
Synopsis
The definitive history of SABIS®, the organization that is changing the world through education.
About the Author
James Tooley is a professor of education policy at Newcastle university, where he directs the E. G. West Centre. He is currently chairman of education companies in Ghana and China creating embryonic chains of low cost private schools. He is the author of numerous books on education including
The Beautiful Tree: A personal journey into how the worlds poorest people are educating themselves, and
Educational Equality which he co-authored.