Education
As an engine of both economic growth and social mobility, education is an important part of Policy Exchange’s research agenda. We are particularly concerned with using the power of the market to provide a high quality education for the most disadvantaged in society.
Our published work on education includes Reclaiming our Universities (2003), which argues for the liberation of British universities from excessive state control; Hands Up for School Choice (2004), which examines the performance of school voucher systems abroad; No More School Run (2005), which makes the case for a US-style school bus system; More Good School Places (2005), which recommends a supply-side revolution in the provision of education and calls for the introduction of an Advantage Premium – additional money for those who have been too failed schools – to enable them to access a good education; and most recently The Leadership Effect – which examined how and to what extent head teachers can effect their schools’ performance (2007)
Projects currently underway include:
• Freeing Schools: Reforming the Supply-Side of Education - which reveals how difficult it is for new providers to enter the state school system and offers policy recommendations for breaking these constraints (early 2008)
• Helping Schools Succeed – which looks at the national policy frameworks of countries providing a high quality, equitable school-level education and ask whether they can be applied to the UK context (two reports, autumn 2007 and early 2008)
Publications on Education Issues
Education Experts