Don't expect schools to do all the heavy lifting to close the education divide between the big cities and the rest of Australia
- Written by: John Halsey, Professor, School of Education, Flinders University
ShutterstockStudents in regional, rural and remote Australia have been behind their urban counterparts on almost every recognised measure of successful schooling for decades. This is unacceptable and has to change.
To achieve this change, it will be vital to draw on and build the neglected capacities of parents, families and communities to improve...
