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Global Online Education Trends and its import for India

Vishy KurugantiNovember 28, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is the first of a 2/3-part series on online education trends and what it means for India. Part 2 will look at trends in the online high school and higher education verticals.] A…

Operation Magic Carpet and what it can teach us about reengineering education

Vishy KurugantiOctober 06, 20112 mins

Ethiopian Immigrants Waiting In A Camp Before Immigrating To Israel (Pic: courtesy www.israelimages.com) In Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s book Poor Economics, they describe a remarkable social…

Elitist School Systems – teachers with high ambition and parents with low expectations (double-whammy)

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 21, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of excerpts from chapter 4 (education policy) of Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics.] Parents are not alone in focusing their expectations…

The curious history of conditional cash transfers

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 15, 20114 mins

Brazilian Maria shows off her “Bolsa Familia” social plan card (Pic: courtesy guardian.co.uk) [Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of six excerpts from chapter 4 (education policy) of Abhijit…

Attracting diaspora to address India's higher education faculty gap

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 13, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, academic collaborators from Rutgers University, Penn State University and Tata Institute of Social Sciences published an insightful study that quantified the severe…

Will They Return? Insights on Attracting Higher Education Diaspora Faculty

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 12, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, academic collaborators from Rutgers University, Penn State University and Tata Institute of Social Sciences published an insightful study that quantified the severe…

Pratham's Contributions to Indian Education Policy Debate

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 10, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: This post is the fourth in a series of six excerpts from Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics, specifically from chapter 4 (on education policy) – Top of the Class. The…

Middle ground between the supply-wallahs and demand-wallahs

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 07, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: This post is the third in a series of six excerpts from Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics, specifically from chapter 4 (on education policy) – Top of the Class. Part…

The Supply Demand Wars in Education Policy – Part 2

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 06, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a series of six excerpts from Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics, specifically from chapter 4 (on education policy) – Top of the Class. Part…

Supply-Demand Wars in Education Policy – Part 1

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 02, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: The best non-fiction book I ever borrowed used to be Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel. That distinction is in real danger of being usurped by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s…

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