To reduce inequality in Australian schools, make them less socially segregated
- Written by Laura Perry, Associate Professor, Murdoch University
Needs-based funding is necessary, but it can only do so much.marco antonio torres/flickr, CC BY-SAAccording to the OECD, 17% of Australian young people leave secondary school without achieving basic educational skill levels. They conclude that eliminating school underperformance would reap enough fiscal benefits to pay for the country’s...