FOR THE many regimes around the world that resent being lectured by America about human rights and democracy, the overrunning...
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EDTECH HAS never quite fulfilled its promise to galvanise poorly performing school systems. Past investments in educational technology often failed...
ON A RAINY day in central London in April 2008, Laurence Lee, then a presenter for Al Jazeera, a broadcaster,...
FOR THE industry’s critics, it is a scandal that exposes exactly what they have been warning about. Many people have...
SPEAKING IN PARLIAMENT on October 12th, Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister, grappled with a problem facing countries across the world:...