Australia’s schooling system is among the most highly segregated in the OECD. Public schools educate the majority of disadvantaged students, while there is concentrated advantage in private schools.
This situation can be attributed, in large part, to our school funding arrangements.
A really informative article that explains how we got to where we are and what we can do about it. Australians must demand a fair and more intelligent system.
Yeah look no argument here, at least not in funding public schools over private.
But yeah, that’s one that is necessary, however it’s cut. If we were to take the private out of that problem, it’d mean investment in the same type of boarding school they provide.