2 May

Right now we're hearing a lot about how kids' education is being damaged by them not being in school. One of society's greatest secrets though is that, no matter which way you look at the data, schools make no difference to student learning. From the best-resourced privates to the poorest publics, they overwhelmingly register zero impact on student learning. Why? In a nutshell, it's because schools are not organised around pedagogy - the research as to what helps kids learn and what doesn't - but around timetables and containment. Keeping kids out of the community. Universities have the same problem, in fact they're even worse. I co-authored a book on that, it's a fascinating story. https://www.amazon.com.au/Transforming-Measurement-Learning-Teaching-Education-ebook/dp/B01C8R5BN8