Disadvantaged young people experience significantly lower levels of teacher support and life satisfaction at school than their more affluent peers, research has shown. A new study, led by Flinders University, analysed survey responses from over 3,500 young people aged between ...
More »Questioning the paradox of equity in education
I have been worried for some time about the concept of equity and how it is usually understood in relation to schooling. It seems to me to be very strange that family income, as one indicator, can determine how children ...
More »At an OECD glance, we’re an education mélange
The title of the 'Australia' section of the OECD's latest annual, education-centric report could be 'nevertheless'. This is because most negatives seemed to be counterbalanced with positives. For example, Education at a Glance 2018 revealed that while our university fees are relatively high, ...
More »Addressing ‘wicked problems’ in special education
A wicked problem, in academia, means a thorny one - one without an obvious solution. In the lead up to the International Day of People with a Disability, Dr David Armstrong has identified four of these in Western special education. ...
More »The difference between Finland and Australia
Recent research by the National Centre on Education and the Economy (NCEE) in the US, demonstrates that the strategies driving the education policy of Finland, the most successful education system, are in bleak contrast to the current agenda for education ...
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