Australia’s schooling system is among the most highly segregated in the OECD. Public schools educate the majority of disadvantaged students, while there is concentrated advantage in private schools.
This situation can be attributed, in large part, to our school funding arrangements.
A really informative article that explains how we got to where we are and what we can do about it. Australians must demand a fair and more intelligent system.
I wish I had gone through the public school system, the shit the Catholic system left me with and all. The men who I went to school with who I recently reconnected with are the most sexist and racist people under age 60 I have ever met. My circle of public school friends are much more progressive.
On the good side, that Pet Shop Boys' song really resonates, though I avoided the internalised shame