Taking Education Seriously: A Reform Program for Australia's Schools Australia's schools are much criticised by students, parents and employers. Despite significant increases in educational expenditure, satisfaction with performance has declined. Governments have responded to this discontent with a range of reforms. This book explains why these reforms have failed to end criticism of the education system - because it is dominated by producers rather than consumers, and heavily regulated. The author proposes a reform program that does deal with education's fundamental problems, though a system of charter schools. |
