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The idea that Aboriginal children need different, “culturally appropriate” education sounds inclusive. In reality, it disadvantages them.
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The Australian

Good afternoon.

This week in Education, Noel Pearson argues that while the idea of “culturally appropriate” education for Aboriginal children sounds inclusive, it actually disadvantages them.

One of Australia’s leading universities faces questions after an employee’s journal editorial advocating Tehran’s pre-war diplomatic agenda was apparently supervised by a US-sanctioned Iranian leader.

Meanwhile, Tess Livingstone explores a Brisbane school defying the digital age, ditching devices for a rigorous liberal arts curriculum where students find their voice singing in Latin.

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