In October this year, I was invited to give a lecture to school leaders and senior staff from state schools in the Melbourne area. However, I was ?dis-invited? by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, after some members heard another lecture I gave at the University of Melbourne on why we should be worried about the effects of current school reforms and what we might do about them. For at least some people in the DEECD, my statements were ?too controversial? in the current political context of school reform.
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