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Equity research & resources

Low achievement and social background: patterns, processes and interventions
Low achievement and social background: patterns, processes and interventions NEW

Professor Richard Teese and Stephen Lamb, Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning, The University of Melbourne

Discussion paper presented at the 2009 Low SES symposium. This  paper examines social patterns in educational achievement as a background to a discussion of the origins of social inequality, and then turns to how disadvantaged schools should be supported and where this fits in the wider picture.

 

 Review of the recent literature Review of the Recent Literature on Socio-economic Status and Learning

Review of the Recent Literature on Socio-economic Status and Learning: Report to the NSW Department of Education and Training Erebus International

This paper provides an overview of the recent national and international literature in relation to socio-economic status and students’ outcomes from schooling.

 

Raising Expectations: Achieving Quality Education for all: NSW Department of Education and Training Raising Expectations: Achieving quality education for all

NSW Department of Education and Training

This working paper has been developed to support school communities to engage in dialogue and encourage personal reflection about the impact of student, teacher and parent expectations on student learning.

 

Fair Dinkum A4 Flyer<br>NSW Department of Education and Training Fair Dinkum A4 Flyer

NSW Department of Education and Training

The double-sided A4 flyer is ideal for working through the principles of social justice with students, teachers, and parents and the community.