Perverse compassion and mediocrity in Australian schools: Time for vouchers?

Sinclair, M

Perverse compassion and mediocrity in Australian schools: Time for vouchers?

Sinclair, M

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Citation:: International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 2013, 1 (2)
Issue Date:: 2013-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Sinclair, M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7928-2431	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 2013, 1 (2)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2201-1315	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/26932
dc.description.abstract	© All rights reserved, Barnett Berry and the Center for Teaching Quality. Education debate in Australia has become mired in an ideological contest between proponents and critics of State and non-government schooling respectively. This paper proposes a system of school vouchers as a means to both breaking this deadlock and improving the situation of Australia's least advantaged school students. The paper points out contradictions in well-intentioned social justice initiatives aimed at the latter goal and highlights grounds in both Labor and Coalition philosophy and practice that suggest school vouchers are an acceptable alternative to current school funding arrangements.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change	en_US
dc.title	Perverse compassion and mediocrity in Australian schools: Time for vouchers?	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1301 Education Systems	en_US
utslib.for	1303 Specialist Studies in Education	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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© All rights reserved, Barnett Berry and the Center for Teaching Quality. Education debate in Australia has become mired in an ideological contest between proponents and critics of State and non-government schooling respectively. This paper proposes a system of school vouchers as a means to both breaking this deadlock and improving the situation of Australia's least advantaged school students. The paper points out contradictions in well-intentioned social justice initiatives aimed at the latter goal and highlights grounds in both Labor and Coalition philosophy and practice that suggest school vouchers are an acceptable alternative to current school funding arrangements.

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