Parents often agonise over where to send their children to school – in some cases, even before the child is born. This anxiety is understandable, given data showing that a third of Australian students feel they do not belong at school.

Press PLAY to hear Adam Voigt explain why Australian schools need to redefine success

Former principal and Real Schools chief executive Adam Voigt told 6PR Drive host Jamie Burnett that this anxiety is a sign Australia’s school system has lost its way, arguing that effectiveness is being measured with the wrong tools.

“Schooling in terms of what it does for a country has never been about giving a particular child an advantage because their parents have the means to provide it for them”, Voigt said.

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