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Rachael Ward

'Stark and shameful' education disparities exposed

Victoria's vulnerable children living in out-of-home care are often disenfranchised from education. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Children removed from their parents are getting shamefully poorer education than the general population, with traumatised children often disenfranchised from mainstream schools.

Victoria's Commissioner for Children and Young People Liana Buchanan declared the finding while calling for greater attention to be paid to the education of the state's most vulnerable children in an inquiry tabled in parliament on Thursday.

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