Rudd / Gillard's education revolution unsuccessful so far

Comments on Kevin Donnelly “They said we want an education revolution”, 12/08/2009, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25916618-7583,00.html

Rudd/Gillard have copied British approach to school revolution/intervention so far, it is likely that they will also equally capable of leading that revolution to nothing but a waste of taxpayers' money.

There is nothing wrong in copying others’ formula, but it needs to be done in the right way. First, what is copied should be generally a success that others have achieved or demonstrated. Second, one needs to adapt it to local conditions and circumstances.

From what we have seen so far, the Rudd / Gillard education revolution approach to school halls and libraries has been a wrong priority, and is being done very hastily, and has resulted in a lot of waste. In another word, it has been a failure so far.

A better way is to set aside whatever amount of additional government funding for schools and entitle every student's family the same amount of money per capita for them to decide how to spend that on schools. Every school can organise discussions and vote for how to use that money in their schools.

Rudd and Gillard like micromanaging. But that is unlikely to achieve any desired results and outcomes.

Working hard is a good virtue and should be commended. But one has to pay attention to effectiveness and outcomes. That is the key to judge success or failure of one's actions. Unfortunately, that has been demonstrated as the area where the Rudd government has failed miserably.