If the common definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome, then education policymakers must be insane.
The recent New South Wales auditor general’s report on progress to reduce rural-urban inequities in education highlighted the persistent achievement gap, the significant staffing shortages and the difficulties in access to services to support student health and wellbeing. It could be a repeat of any progress report of the past 50 years.
