Nordic Talks: A plus or F minus? Educational Equity in Finland and Australia [Webinar]
More than a decade after the Gonski review into Australia’s school funding aimed to reduce the impact of social disadvantage on educational outcomes, educational outcomes for Australian schoolchildren are getting worse. The success of Finnish educational outcomes shows that equity drives excellence for all students.
This is one of a five-part special series of Follow the Money presented by the Nordic Talks series, presented by the Nordic Policy Centre at the Australia Institute, with support from The Nordics, a project under The Nordic Council of Ministers.
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The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute
Guests:
Pasi Sahlberg, Professor of Education, Southern Cross University // @pasi_sahlberg
Correna Haythorpe, Federal President, Australian Education Union // @CHaythorpeAEU
Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey
Edited by: Emily Perkins
Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
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