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In 1995, high-flying British journalist Toby Young left London for
New York to become a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Other
Brits had taken Manhattan - Alistair Cooke, Tina Brown, Anna
Wintour - so why couldn't he? Surely, it would only be a matter of
time before the Big Apple was in the palm of his hand. But things
did not go according to plan. Within the space of two years he was
fired from Vanity Fair, banned from the most fashionable bar in the
city and couldn't get a date for love or money. Even the local AA
group wanted nothing to do with him. How To Lose Friends &
Alienate People is Toby Young's hilarious account of the five years
he spent steadily working his way down the New York food chain,
from glossy magazine editor to crash-test dummy for interactive sex
toys. But it's not just a collection of self-deprecating anecdotes.
It's also a seditious attack on the culture of celebrity from
inside the belly of the beast. Not since Bonfire of the Vanities
has the New York A-list been so mercilessly lampooned - and it all
really happened!
This volume of essays examines the empirical evidence on school
choice in different countries across Europe, North America,
sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It demonstrates the advantages
which choice offers in different institutional contexts, whether it
be Free Schools in the UK, voucher systems in Sweden or
private-proprietor schools for low-income families in Liberia.
Everywhere experience suggests that parents are `active choosers':
they make rational and considered decisions, drawing on available
evidence and responding to incentives which vary from context to
context. Government educators frequently downplay the importance of
choice and try to constrain the options parents have. But they face
increasing resistance: the evidence is that informed parents drive
improvements in school quality. Where state education in some
developing countries is particularly bad, private bottom-up
provision is preferred even though it costs parents money which
they can ill-afford. This book is both a collection of inspiring
case studies and a call to action.
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