[Interview with Psychology teacher – Brookdale High School] “Do you know what?  There’s a meme in our staffroom that’s someone’s … More

A recurring theme throughout our investigations so far is the limited ambitions that most people in schools seem to have … More

An interesting tension point emerging from our research relates to time and temporality – specifically, the temporal disparity between how … More

[Schools are not simply making use of data themselves … a city like Melbourne has a growing industry of ‘outside’ … More

Snippet of conversation from Northland College [10_10_19]   Teacher1: We spend our whole time telling students that they’re more than … More

Northland College runs a few different ‘big ticket’ data analyses. These are computer-based calculations and quantifications that play a prominent … More

Students in their senior years of high school are subjected to swathes of testing and assessment. Hot on the heels … More

Most schools have a few ‘big ticket’ data points – a particular indicator, score or ranking which looms large in … More

We enter into the foyer of the main school building. This space has low ceilings with various school paraphernalia on … More

[note: this is a ‘composite account’ of similar practices encountered across three different educational institutions. By combining the stories, this … More