JONATHAN JANSEN: Shiny tech-based education has its place, but let’s get the basics right first

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On Tuesday I completed site visits to 25 of SA’s elite primary schools. My research team is interested in how high-in-demand schools manage their admissions policy as parents — wealthy and poor, white and black — compete for access to these prized institutions.

Our book will address this question about the elite schools: Who gets in and why?