He got in, and landed a first-rate education at a bargain price.

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Many parents still look back on communist East Germany as a provider of first-rate secondary education in its many good grammar schools, though few regret the ideological brainwashing that went with it.

ECONOMIST: Reforming education

Mr DeVoretz calculates that the rate of return for a doctor who gets an education at a first-rate Canadian university and then goes to work in the United States is around 45% on the direct costs of his or her education.

ECONOMIST: Emigration