“Australian school systems behave as they are designed in law. From funding to governance, inequities are built in the current system,” a new report for the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia argues.

It comes out of discussions at UNSW’s Gonski Institute for Education, on building systems for equity and inclusion. Measures to “address stagnant or declining outcomes and enduring inequities” include;

* data sharing for policy making and research

* more research funding, to use data

* an elected national body representing all school sectors to “participate” in policy decisions