This literature review on school choice analyses the impact of choice schemes on students and on school systems focusing on equity. Reviewing the evidence can be difficult, as the literature is often fragmented and inconclusive, and the political importance of this research often results in high-profile attention given to individual studies rather…

The preservation of Indigenous cultures is a controversial issue in Australia. On the one hand, the maintenance of traditional Indigenous culture has been viewed as a barrier to integration with mainstream society and the achievement of socio-economic equality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. An alternative view sees maintenance…

This book criticizes the current theory that effective education should promote economic competiveness in today's global market. It also insists that the theory of effective education has been taken out of the hands of teachers and assumed by people outside the classroom. Furthermore, the book describes teachers' reactions and resistance to these…