Australia’s educational performance has been in decline since the 1970s, but this is no accident. It is by design, curriculum design to be specific.
When the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority released its new draft curriculum there was a barrage of deserved criticism about proposed changes.
I feel sorry for Alan Tudge, the Education Minister, who is obviously unhappy with the proposed amendments, but he has little leverage over the curriculum.
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