@CaitSenior

PhD candidate @EduMelb | education, equity, policy, learning

 Adelaide, South Australia
Joined October 2018
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The beautiful @UofGlasgow ☺️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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While Better and Fairer Schools Agreement may improve the learning outcomes of some students, it could make already-wide learning gaps even bigger. Trevor Cobbold and I explain it in this morning's @SatPaper in detail. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comm… @UniMelb @FinEmbAustralia
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FoodCorps@FoodCorps12 Sep 2024
Did you catch the school lunch segment from the latest episode of @LastWeekTonight? 🥕📚👧 FoodCorps is proud to have supported bringing this story to the national stage, highlighting the urgency of making meals free for all kids! Watch the full video: bit.ly/3XpM6tL
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"Inequality is a choice." @JosephEStiglitz During the pandemic, the Australian Government lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty by increasing JobSeeker payments #auspol We can choose to do it again. #insiders @RDNS_TAI
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“These disparities b/w student cohorts have persisted for decades. They reflect our nation’s failure to reduce educational inequality." “The root cause of underperformance is inequity in our systems of education and our communities." canberratimes.com.au/story/8…

What the latest NAPLAN results actually mean for our children

We need three things to reform our school systems.

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7am@7ampodcast24 Jul 2024
Today on 7am, Labor has rejected advice to remove tax breaks for private school parents who want to donate to building projects at their kids' schools. @MikeSeccombe on why the gap between Australia's richest and poorest schools keeps on widening. trib.al/tHplcPO

Why Labor supports private school tax breaks

The productivity commission has recommended an overhaul of Australia’s charitable giving rules and is calling out private school building funds specifically as a sign of the randomness and the...

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First Minister John Swinney has declared the eradication of child poverty in Scotland as his "single most important objective" bbc.com/news/articles/c977ej…

John Swinney vows to eradicate child poverty in Scotland

The first minister has outlined his government's plans in a speech to the Scottish Parliament.

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...thousands of children in Australia experiencing ‘school refusal’, also known as ‘school can’t’ abc.net.au/news/2024-04-29/s…

Alice can't get her daughter to school. She knows you're judging her for it

A growing crisis of school refusal is gripping Australia, leaving families in a hidden struggle with blame, shame and the fear of a lost education.

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This an important book for all those navigating in the education evidence jungle. It is not evedence that matters but smart, purposful and appropriate use of it with collective professional wisdom. Come along! @glenncsavage @danielaacquaro @CaitSenior
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Incredible day with brilliant leaders at the Australian Secondary Principals' Association's National #EquitySummit at Parliament House @ASPALeaders
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Other states rebuff Albanese government’s deal with WA to boost public school funding | Australian education | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Other states rebuff Albanese government’s deal with WA to boost public school funding

States say they will not take up co-funded deal, calling for commonwealth to unilaterally close funding gap

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Here is link to the Australian Government Primary Principals Association's new Position Paper (built on our research): vpa.org.au/common/Uploaded%2… @AGPPA2000 @CaitSenior @EduMelb @glenncsavage
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Australian students’ Pisa scores still declining despite climb into OECD top 10 | Australian education | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Australian students’ Pisa scores still declining despite climb into OECD top 10

Educational research group says rise is more to do with other countries’ performances dropping

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Pasi Sahlberg@pasi_sahlberg1 Dec 2023
Equity must be core focus of education reform, says expert theeducatoronline.com/k12/ne… @CaitSenior @AGavrielatos

Equity must be core focus of education reform, says expert

The Educator speaks to Trevor Cobbold, national convenor of Save Our Schools

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Exclusive: Less than half of the Anthony Albanese cabinet went to a public school. In the Coalition, it is well under a third. It is a fact worth bearing in mind when considering the inequities of the Australian school sector, writes Mike Seccombe. satpa.pe/zkAngpg
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What really happened 40 years ago when the public was duped into thinking that our public schools were failing? Listen tonight to Tim Slekar interview Jim Harvey. Jim was in the room where it happened. “A Nation at Risk” dissected. podbean.com/ew/pb-9v5rp-147f…
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Such clarity from @pasi_sahlberg. Noting that we can make a difference and that addressing inequity starts before school and then must be reinforced at school. Is it time to build it back different? @CCCH_AU
Pasi Sahlberg@pasi_sahlberg15 Aug 2023
Let me ask this again and answer it, too: What is equity in education and how do we achieve it? abc.net.au/education/what-is… via @ABCEducationAU

What is equity in education and how do we achieve it? - ABC Education

Making our education systems better will continue to be difficult unless we understand what the root causes of current underperformance of our school systems are. Pasi Sahlberg explains.

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Gone are the days when most economists still had to be convinced that huge inequalities were a bad thing. theguardian.com/inequality/2…

Top economists call for action on runaway global inequality

Gulf between rich and poor increases risk of climate breakdown as well as entrenches poverty, says letter to UN and World Bank

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