Waiting for Gonski
Greenwell, Tom / Bonnor, Chris
Why is education in Australia failing?
Where did we go wrong, and how do we fix it?
The Gonski Review seemed like a breakthrough. Commissioned by Prime Minister Julia Gillard and chaired by leading businessman David Gonski, the 2011 review made clear that school education policy wasn't working, and placed a spotlight on the troubling and growing gap between the educational outcomes of disadvantaged children and their more privileged peers.
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