Is for-profit education bad?

If education is a human right, or even just a social necessity, should it be provided by the state, by charities or social providers, or should private providers be permitted? And if private operators are permitted, should they also be permitted to make a profit? And if they make a profit, is that bad and does that have a negative effect on the education they provide?

Performance-related (merit) pay and teachers

Merit-pay. Payment for Performance, Payment by Results / Outcomes / KPIs - different names for largely the same thing. We often hear that "schools should be run more like a business" (true in many respects, but not in the way proponents expect) and that teachers should be paid for performance. FInd out why this latter assertion can not work and never has.

Teacher pay, pay scales and fairness

Study English in the UK

Free thirty-minute seminar on studying English at the Wimbledon School of English.

School Choice, a human right?

Education, a public or private good?

Teachers and Bias

 

Appropriate or Controversial?

Gifted Education

 

Teacher appearance; does it matter?

Schools often have expectations for how teaches dress, how they do their hair, make-up or tattoos. Some may be logical such as protective eyewear in a science lab, or sports shoes in a gym. However some techers may feel athat sometimes these policies are not acceptable. Are any restrictions on how teachers present themselves reasonable, and if so where should such a line be drawn, how should they be enforced and by whom?