Students with disability have a right to inclusive education: Reviewing the Melbourne Declaration

Shiralee Poed; Professor Linda J Graham; Cátia Malaquias; Kate de Bruin; Ilektra Spandagou; Jenna Gillett-Swan; Emily Cukalevski; Peter Walker; Marijne Medhurst; Haley Tancredi; Kathy Cologon

Students with disability have a right to inclusive education: Reviewing the Melbourne Declaration

Shiralee Poed, Professor Linda J Graham, Cátia Malaquias, Kate de Bruin, Ilektra Spandagou, Jenna Gillett-Swan, Emily Cukalevski, Peter Walker, Marijne Medhurst, Haley Tancredi, Kathy Cologon

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

Students with disability were not identified as an explicit priority within the Melbourne Declaration, a statement that was agreed back in 2008 by all Education Ministers in Australia. It stated that the main goal for education in Australia should be equity and excellence for all young Australians and outlined a commitment to action. Now the declaration is being reviewed and we believe this presents an opportunity to address a critical gap in the original Declaration, which made no reference to inclusive education for students with disability, despite being published in the same year that Australia ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and despite explicitly mentioning other equity groups.

Original language	English
Journal	EduResearch Matters
Publication status	Published - 29 Jul 2019

Keywords

Melbourne Declaration
Reviewing the Melbourne Declaration
Right to an Inclusive Education
equity
inclusive education
rights of a child
students with disbility

Disciplines

Disability and Equity in Education
Education Policy

Access to Document

https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=4238

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