Reversing the disability disadvantage in education: commentary on the Gonski review and students with special needs

Opinion: Stephanie Gotlib (Executive Officer, Children with Disability Australia)
Canberra Times, September 10, 2012

Cultural change is vital to including children with a disability,

Last week, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that the fundamentals of the Gonski Report would be accepted. Schools will receive a base level of funding per student and there will be additional money to support those with higher needs - such as students who have a disability or those who live in remote or low SES areas.

This shift to include funding for higher needs as a core component of a new system, rather than an add-on or temporary program, is what makes the Gonski solution potentially so powerful.

It is designed to minimise the impact of a child's background on their performance - something we have, until now, sadly failed to do.


Read the full text at The Canberra Times website, here.