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Are we failing our kids? Education overhaul

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It used to be as easy as ABC; but somewhere along the way, did we forget what's important in educating our kids?

This week on Please Explain, The Sydney Morning Herald’s education editor Jordan Baker and The Age’s education editor Adam Carey to dig into how Australia is doing when it comes to teaching our kids.

We're also joined by education expert professor Geoff Masters, from the Australian Council for Education Research, who authored the most comprehensive review of the NSW schooling system in 30 years.

His idea: scrap the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) altogether.

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