- Title
- University fodder : Understanding the place of select entry and high performing government schools
- Creator
- Tsolidis, Georgina
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/43492
- Identifier
- vital:3544
- Identifier
- ISSN:0818-8068
- Abstract
- School choice is most commonly considered in the context of private/public schooling and access to university. University entry remains a key element in family decision-making about which school they would like their children to attend. Debates about school choice are most commonly framed in relation to marketisation and the relative popularity of private and public schools. However, the demand for high performing Government schools is likely to increase and in turn have an impact on the means by which families argue their case for entry. In this article the place of elite government schools in school choice within the Government sector is explored, most particularly within Victoria, where there have been a number of pertinent policy initiatives. These are emphasising selective schools, league tables and performance measures linked to possible school closures. The popularity of high-performing schools offers an opportunity to understand what families find attractive in a school. And the link between such schools and elite universities may allow these universities to diversify their student populations. However, without adequate resourcing, Government schools are unlikely to support the broad range of students achieve their aspirations, making access to university the prerogative of the resourceful, regardless of whether being resourceful is linked to postcode or knowing what high-performing schools use as indicators of success. [Author abstract, ed]
- Publisher
- National Tertiary Education Union
- Relation
- Australian Universities Review Vol. 51, no. 2 (2009), p. 4-8
- Rights
- Copyright National Tertiary Education Union
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1301 Education Systems; Educational policy; Government schools; Public education; Secondary schools; University; Secondary education
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