And by now, according to Turner (until quite recently the education correspondent of the Financial Times), the education provided by the all-shiny, all-dancing private sector could hardly be better: "impressive academically, scientifically, economically and pastorally".
Until fairly recently, online education amounted to little more than electronic versions of the old-line correspondence courses.
But until fairly recently, higher education institutions have been stubbornly national – whether limited by the demands of domestic regulation or by protectionist approaches in potential destinations.
Godfrey Miyanda, who was Mr. Chiluba's second vice president and more recently his education minister, set up the Heritage Party after he, too, was forced out.
But Britain has long had a comprehensive welfare state and free public services, such as health care and, until recently, higher education.
But recently, American education's "no test" philosophy for young children has been coming under assault, as government programs strongly promote the practice.
Mr. Levy, in an effort to recruit teachers to the cause, said recently, "Urban education is the equivalent of the Peace Corps of the 60's or the civil rights movement of the 50's".
