From Village School to Global Brand: Changing the World through Education

by James Tooley

Overview

Can education be run as a profitable business and still be driven by a humanitarian vision? SABIS® shows the answer is yes. Now with 60 schools in 15 countries and over 60,000 students, SABIS® is a global education company committed to improving lives. The book is a journey through time - tracing the company from its humble origins in 1886 Mount Lebanon, through the civil war to the present day. It's also a journey through geographies, from Kurdistan to Katrina - from the first international schools in war-torn northern Iraq, to the first charter school to reopen after the hurricane devastated inner city New Orleans.

SABIS® goes where other educational providers are unwilling to tread, helping to rebuild lives shattered by war and natural disaster. It's finally a journey through the minds of committed educators, watching as they grapple with the fundamental question of how we educate young people in the virtues that have stood the test of time, whilst still enabling them to be prepared for a future of unknown possibilities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847657923
Publisher:	Profile
Publication date:	06/14/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

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 world's poorest people are educating themselves, and Educational Equality which he co-authored.
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 world's poorest people are educating themselves, and Educational Equality which he co-authored.

Table of Contents

Foreword Harry Anthony Patrinos ix

Introduction 1

Part 1 War and Peace 13

1 Climbing Mount Lebanon 15

2 The good life 38

3 Out of Lebanon 62

Part 2 Making a difference in difficult places 83

4 An American roller coaster 85

5 American antidote 124

6 A school fit for Hêro 151

7 In partnership 172

8 Licensed to ascend 195

Part 3 The enterprise of education 223

9 The logic of learning 225

10 The community of learners 256

11 The evolution of the learning environment 275

12 The education industry 298

Conclusion 329

Notes 339

Acknowledgments 346

Index 347