The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How the World's Poorest People are Educating Themsleves
James Tooleyis a professor of education policy at Newcastle University. There he is the director of the E. G. West Centre, which is dedicated to choice, competition, and entrepreneurship in education. An award-winning scholar featured in PBS and BBC documentaries, he has written several books, and his work has been covered inNewsweek, theAtlantic, theWall Street Journal, and theFinancial Times. He was a professor in leading universities in England, Canada, and South Africa, and also lived in Hyderabad, India, where he worked with the entrepreneurs and teachers who inspired this book.