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epaa-1865	Dinham, Stephen	The Worst of Both Worlds: How U.S. and U.K. Models are Influencing Australian Education	2015	20	.pdf	application/pdf	9253	500	51	Keywords: education reform; education policy; student achievement; school performance; alternative teacher education; privatization; public schools; Australia epaa aape E ducation Policy A nalysis The myths, ‘facts’ or beliefs underpinning the ‘crisis’ in education in the US, the UK, Australia and elsewhere are many but are typified in the following (after AACTE, 2012; Benn, 2012; Berliner et al., 2014; Brill, 2011; Christodoulou, 2014; Dinham, 2013a; Hopkins, 2013; Lubienski & Lubienski, 2013; Ravitch, 2010, 2013): • Public education is failing • International testing is a true barometer of the decline in public schooling • Private schools are better than public schools • Government funded independent for-profit schools are better than private schools • Greater autonomy for public schools will lift results [yet] • Greater accountability will lift public school results • Money is not the answer - increased spending on public education has not resulted in improvement in student achievement •	cache/epaa-1865.pdf	txt/epaa-1865.txt