Any claim that increasing parental choice of school is a mechanism that benefits the economically disadvantaged is empirical nonsense. Plenty of research demonstrates this idea is disingenuous at best and a flat lie more often than not. #auspol#thedrum
I'm a man in my 40's & am still trying to take in a fact I read yesterday which is that nearly 1/2 of all Aboriginal men will die before the age of 45 in Australia. Yet where is the outcry & urgency for another lost generation? For the cancerous racism that's killing these men?
@atsimaAU @dgkurilpa @nyunggai@wildblackwomen @ABCFactCheck @SeanGordon5@UQ_News@First1000DaysOz Maths is a cultural activity. Culture is evident in the way it’s expressed, used and develop over time. There are many different cultural expressions of mathematics. The version we learn in Australia comes from our colonial history ie Whitefella maths.
While there is a lot of talk about an Evidence Institute for Education, it is worth checking out this @AAREBlog from @jgladwig - National Evidence Base for educational policy: a good idea or half-baked plan? https://t.co/1UPII4rFXA via @AustAssocResEd