Work & CareersEducationOpinionThere’s a Tasmanian fix for Australia’s failing schoolsThe model Tassie is testing of bringing government schools together in formal families united under shared leadership draws on reforms that have transformed school performance in England.Jordana Hunter and Will Bickford SmithLifting school standards in Australia should be an urgent national priority.One in three students fail to meet proficiency benchmarks in literacy and numeracy, and Australia trails well behind the world’s best-performing education systems, particularly in mathematics.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Executive EducationPowered byLatest In EducationFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In Work and careers
There’s a Tasmanian fix for Australia’s failing schools
The trial is grouping schools together under shared leadership, drawing on reforms that have transformed education in England.
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