OPINION: All the Gonski money in the world can’t help teachers compensate for broken families and disengaged parents.
The Productivity Commission’s report into Australia’s education system confirms what most families already know: our school system is expensive and underperforming.
And although education is seen as a traditional strength for Labor, its performance in the portfolio in recent decades has been weak. to drive and support young people to their potential would make a difference for many. This requires policy that encourages some parents to take more interest and responsibility for their children, rather than outsourcing to schools things that are the proper role of parents. It also requires support for those parents who have never been taught, by modelling or otherwise, what they should be doing at this stage of life.
In contrast, Australian teachers report a clear correlation between their underperforming students and evidence of the breakdown of the role of parents in the family.
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