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Little Bay, NSW29th April 2019
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TEACHING FOR AND LEADING TOWARDS GREATER EQUITY IN
YOUR SCHOOL
FACTS OR MYTHS?
Fact or Myth?
“The most important single factor in improving quality of education is
teachers.”Myth– “Waiting for Superman” (2010)
Fact or Myth?
“Around 9 % of variation in student achievement is due to teacher
characteristics.”FactGoldhaber et al., 2010
“The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its
teachers.”- OECD, 2016
Fact or Myth?
Myth
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EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS: ”Schools matter”• Strong administrative leadership• High expectations• An orderly atmosphere• Basic skills acquisition as the school’s
primary purpose• Capacity to divert school energy and
resources to advance the school’sbasic purpose
• Frequent monitoring of pupil progress
Michael FullanPeter Mortimore Ron EdmondsBert Creemers
Andy HargreavesDavid HopkinsBruce JoyceLouise Stoll
THE ORIGINS OF EQUITY
WHAT IS EQUITY IN EDUCATION?
“Equity in schooling means ensuring that differences in educational outcomes are not
the result of differences in wealth, income, power or possessions.”
- Review of Funding for Schooling (2011)
“Equity in education has two dimensions: Equity as inclusion means ensuring that all students reach at least a basic minimum level of skills. Equity as fairness implies that personal or socio-economic circumstances, such as gender, ethnic origin or family background are not obstacles to educational success.”
- OECD (2011)
“Equity in education is the means to achieving equality. It intends to provide the best opportunities for all students to achieve their full potential and act to address instances of disadvantage which restrict educational achievement.”
- UNESCO (2015)
WHAT IS EQUITY IN EDUCATION?
SES vs.achievement
Inclusion Fairness
Resilience
WHAT IS EQUITY IN EDUCATION?
RESILIENCE
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Strong equity and low quality
Weak equity and high quality
Weakness of the relationship between student achievement and family background (ESCS Index)
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–OECD, 2018
“The highest-performing education systems … are those that combine quality with equity.”
MORE EQUITY, PLEASE!
“We can, whenever and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need to do that. Whether or not we do it must finally depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven’t so far.”
-Ron Edmonds in 1979
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2Redesign time in school.
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3Stop asking: “How good is Johnny?”
Start asking: “How is Johnny good?”
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Thank you!