Australia’s students are failing. I blame the politicians

By Misty Adoniou. The results of PISA 2015 have just been released – and Australia has slipped down the rankings, again.
The Australian Council of Educational Research has called it, and Australia is now in absolute decline in reading, mathematics and science.
A close reading of the full 472 page report from PISA does indeed offer some salutary lessons for Australia. More...