Lessons from Canada: An equal school system is possible

Lessons from Canada: an equal school system is possible

Australia has one of the most segregated school systems in the developed world and the problem is getting worse.
 

Lessons from Canada: An equal school system is possible provides insight into how Australia can learn from Canada to move from its current segregated and low performing education system to one that expands access to achievement and opportunity.

Canada shows how Australia can get the politics right as well as the policy.

Canada demonstrates that it is possible to create a shared framework in which all schools are accessible to all students, no matter their parents’ bank balance.

Canada also shows that full public funding of both secular and faith-based schools is affordable.

And Canada shows that a common, consistent approach to resourcing and regulation in no way hinders the capacity of schools or school sectors to determine their own character and ethos.

Lessons from Canada: an equal school system is possible includes sections on Ontario, British Colombia and Quebec, comprehensive findings and a series of considered recommendations.

The publication was written by Tom Greenwell and Chris Bonnor.

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