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Flat White

No, school choice does not cause ‘segregation’

25 July 2019

1:28 PM

25 July 2019

1:28 PM

The mental gymnastics displayed by some people in order to blame freedom of school choice for Australia’s education woes never cease to amaze.

A recent OECD report on school choice and equity indicated Australia has one of the most ‘segregated’ school systems in the OECD. This just means schools tend to have less diversity of student socioeconomic background — not that they are practising apartheid.

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