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On culture, parenting and education

20 January 2018

9:00 AM

20 January 2018

9:00 AM

The Sydney Morning Herald recently announced that the NSW Education Minister, Rob Stokes, is considering opening up the selective schools system to allow students access on residential rather than academic criteria. According to the SMH the department is conducting ‘a wide-ranging review of its gifted and talented policy for NSW public schools, including an overhaul of the entry test for selective schools amid concerns that wealthy families are able to game the system by engaging expensive tutoring services.’

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