The dominant role played by the state in the financing, regulation, and provision of primary and secondary education … reflects the widely-held belief that education is necessary for personal and societal well-being. The economic organization of … education depends on political as well as market mechanisms to resolve issues that arise because of contrasting views on such …

literacy. The Millennium Development Goals in education reflect structures of practice and thinking rooted in the 19th century … knowledge, a disaggregation of social structures and a dismissal of informal education. It sustained the rise of the performance … answer, as to whether education in its fullest sense is a goal that can ever be consistently measured over time and across …

improve: the quality, and not just the quantity, of education and health care; outcomes for disadvantaged groups; and lifelong …