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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore

The Gonski ‘failure’: why did it happen and who is to blame for the ‘defrauding’ of public schools?

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Despite record levels of funding flowing to Australia’s schools, education results have suffered a 20-year decline on international benchmark. Photograph: Lbeddoe/Alamy

When the Gonski review was released a decade ago, it was hailed as the answer to Australia’s educational woes – a roadmap to creating an equitable school funding system, and boosting the performance of Australian students on the global stage.

But rather than celebrating its success, its 10-year anniversary last month sparked critique of the failure of successive governments to implement the report’s recommendations.

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