Parents of selective school students would suggest that this also represents the status quo of Australia’s public school sector.
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Selective schools weed out the "dead wood"
IN 2016, England’s Ofsted Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw said of his public educators; “the ideologues confused equality with equity. They took it to mean that one size should fit all … with a wholesale dumbing down of standards, anti-elitism and glittering prizes for all … scorning attempts to celebrate excellence, paying scant regard to literacy, numeracy and good behaviour”.
This story appeared in the September 2018 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
