OECD study on choice and equity informs post-gonski debate

 A brief review of the Gonski report on school funding from Save Our Schools The central issue in the Gonski review of school funding has been whether the focus of government funding policies should switch from supporting choice to improving equity in education.A new OECD study comes down firmly on the side of improving equity. Its findings should inform debate over the Gonksi report. The study shows emphatically that school choice has lead to greater social segregation and inequity in education. It says that increased school choice in OECD countries has not led to any improvement in student achievement. School choice schemes have benefitted advantaged parents and students but harmed disadvantaged and low income families.   Read full article   Image: Flickr/nnikna