Researchers followed students’ progress in NAPLAN and found there was no difference between the three school sectors.| The Sydney Morning Herald
A federal official wrote a parody of Harvard’s attitude toward Asian Americans and shared it with the dean of admissions. Why did a judge try to hide that from the public?| The New Yorker
Selective schools aim to give all gifted students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, opportunities they may not have had otherwise. But that’s not what’s actually happening.| The Conversation
Over the last 150 years, NSW has responded to the demand for public secondary schooling differently from the rest of Australia.| The Conversation
Catholic and Independent schools had the biggest declines in the OECD’s Programme of Student Assessment (PISA) test results since 2009. Their students lost 1½ to nearly two years of learning in reading, mathematics and science. The falls in test scores were far bigger than for public schools.| SOS Australia
a brief(ish) introduction to my book| freddiedeboer.substack.com
On money, ethnicity and unnecessary/necessary tutoring| rebeccabirch.substack.com