How innovative is the education sector?

International Financial Law Prof Blog

The public sector, including education, is often perceived as reluctant to change and disinclined to innovate. We define innovation as the introduction of “new or significantly improved products, processes, organisation or marketing methods” (OECD/Eurostat, 2005). As they are in “non-competitive” markets, public sector organisations do not face the same pressure as the private sector to innovate and improve efficiency. But what does the evidence say ? ...