The epidemic Australia is failing to control: inequality in education

Sydney Morning Herald, 5 Jan 2021.  Two decades ago, Australia was one of the leading education nations in the world.  That was before market-based models of school choice, test-based accountability (eg. pre-NAPLAN) and gradual privatisation of public education.  The OECD used to hold Australia as one of the best in class in education.  But not any longer.  And UNICEF has ranked Australia’s education among the most unequal in rich countries.