Anyone else struck by a curious gap in the report out today from @Mitch_Inst on "Educational opportunity in
Australia 2020 Who succeeds and who misses out"? vu.edu.au/sites/default/…
Australia 2020 Who succeeds and who misses out"? vu.edu.au/sites/default/…
It takes the goals for "all" young Australians in the Mparntwe Declaration as a basis for a framework to understand how well the education system is operating, and identify those for whom the system is not supporting
The Mparntwe Declaration has this to say on educational disadvantage: Learners experiencing disadvantage
are more likely than their peers
to start school developmentally
vulnerable and less likely to have
attended early education in the year
before school.
are more likely than their peers
to start school developmentally
vulnerable and less likely to have
attended early education in the year
before school.
Targeted support can
help learners such as those from
low socioeconomic backgrounds,
those from regional, rural and
remote areas, migrants and
refugees, learners in out of home
care, homeless young people, and
children with disability to reach
their potential.
help learners such as those from
low socioeconomic backgrounds,
those from regional, rural and
remote areas, migrants and
refugees, learners in out of home
care, homeless young people, and
children with disability to reach
their potential.
The Mitchell Institute Report concludes that "Young people from poorer backgrounds, Indigenous Australians, and rural students experience high rates of noncompletion of school, and poorer outcomes. And they sure do. But...
You know who else is underserved and neglected at scale in education in Australia? Students with disability. So while the Mparntwe Declaration identifies them as disadvantaged, sadly they are overlooked in the Mitchell Institute Report.
The word disability occurs twice in the 139 pages. One of those is referring to young indigenous students who care for an adult with a disability. The other is to note that they are considered a "disadvantaged" group in the Mparntwe Statement.
Yet the report provides no analysis for these kids despite professing to make conclusions about how the system functions for "all".
It's like they don't even know there's a Royal Commission going on into the systemic educational neglect, abuse, violence and exploitation, motivated by decades of persistent disadvantage experienced by these students...
In fact, The first public hearing of the DRC focused on education because of its importance as a "multiplier right". More can be read about this here shorturl.at/ehFNY
The silence on the systemic disadvantage and discrimination of students with disabilities is bewildering to me. When we talk about "all", we must talk about all! #AllMeansAll
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