A federally funded job guarantee would be a major step towards reducing inequality and closing our educational divide, writes David Joy .
A RECENT report from the Centre for International Research on Education Systems ( CIRES ) at Victoria University paints a depressing picture of educational inequality across Australia.
The statistics in the report all point in broadly the same direction. For example, 86.2 per cent of 15-year olds from the highest socioeconomic status (SES) decile are at or above the minimum international standard in maths, science and reading – but this falls to just 48.6 per cent in the lowest […]
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