President, Armidale Teachers Association. PhD candidate Murdoch University. Researching school segregation and compositional effects. Living/working on Anaiwan lands. Photo: Hay plains https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Scifferhttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3m47pm75clc27Most segregated in the world: here's why that matters https://blog.aare.edu.au/most-segregated-in-the-world-heres-why-that-matters/28 Oct 2025 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m47pm75clc27https://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3m2psxsqxxs2mAustralian school segregation is driven by unregulated private school fees and enrolment practices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VMwer7sSjg08 Oct 2025 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2psxsqxxs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3m2kojrveec23School segregation is driven by increased provision of private and selective schools https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395015652_Socioeconomic_and_Indigenous_school_segregation_in_Australia_The_role_of_institutional_differentiation_and_fees06 Oct 2025 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kojrveec23https://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3m2ifh3rwok2eSchool segregation is driven by increased provision of private and selective schools via @berj-2025.bsky.social https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/berj.7002006 Oct 2025 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ifh3rwok2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3loa5d63pls2rCaz Heise supporting public education03 May 2025 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3loa5d63pls2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3lmyglbwdbk23The Australian Education Union wrote to Dutton and Albanese about their education policies. Only one bothered replying https://vimeo.com/1075925217/639aea1bac?su_via=got&login=true#17 Apr 2025 06:01 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyglbwdbk23https://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3llva7bsgbs2wCompletion seminar done03 Apr 2025 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3llva7bsgbs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3ll52opljsk2xWide system changes needed for Australian schools to reach equity goals https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news/articles/wide-system-changes-needed-for-australian-schools-to-reach-equity-goals24 Mar 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll52opljsk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3ll2zj26at22cSchool segregation is harming the learning of Australian children and diminishing the effectiveness of schools. Governments need to begin reporting these effects. My paper in the Australian Journal of Social Issues https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajs4.7000423 Mar 2025 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2zj26at22chttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3lkeswm4rtc24NSW Teachers Federation launches its campaign to defend public schools funding14 Mar 2025 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkeswm4rtc24https://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3lkeh4az5b222Dutton will trash public schools funding just like Abbott https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/school-life/peter-dutton-biggest-risk-to-the-future-of-the-nation-says-union-amid-school-funding-fears/news-story/68269c73b521800ed69b03d304086e8914 Mar 2025 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkeh4az5b222https://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3lkeglrgm2c22NSW Teachers Federation Council meets today to consider the Albanese federal government’s school funding plan14 Mar 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkeglrgm2c22https://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3ljiomthw622zFantastic news for NSW public schools. Dutton will try to wreck this to fund corporate boozy lunches https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-clears-4-8bn-hurdle-in-race-to-federal-election-20250303-p5lgko.html03 Mar 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljiomthw622zhttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3lgc7w3xfoc2mStargate project to make Trump into a Dalek? No need for a cortex vault to repress his compassion22 Jan 2025 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgc7w3xfoc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3lg5gn67uxs26PhD by publication - five papers published, one paper under review for minor revisions, another paper under first review. Thesis - introduction, lit review, linking chapters done. Concluding discussion to go then first draft DONE!20 Jan 2025 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg5gn67uxs26https://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3lg2lxvm22c2gDespite the introduction of quotas, Australian selective schools continue to vastly over enrol from the most advantaged families. This is unsurprising as the purpose of selective schools is to isolate children from each other https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/has-the-plan-to-help-more-disadvantaged-kids-into-selective-schools-failed-here-s-what-the-data-says-20250117-p5l589.html19 Jan 2025 00:47 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg2lxvm22c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3lf2tl3wbjs24Australia finds itself one of few countries whose governments have not only created, but also funded, an education system in which the wealthy have the most resources and the disadvantaged have the least. https://www.smh.com.au/national/how-the-bank-of-nan-and-pop-is-making-our-polarised-school-system-even-worse-20250103-p5l1x0.html06 Jan 2025 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf2tl3wbjs24https://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3levdkobjxs22Australia's school funding system of unregulated private school fees and governments failing to fund public schools to the minimum resource standard is a disaster. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-s-wealthiest-schools-growing-further-out-of-reach-20250103-p5l1vl.html04 Jan 2025 05:08 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3levdkobjxs22https://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3lel7u7hzc22mOK31 Dec 2024 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lel7u7hzc22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3leg6xwczas2lI got 4 hours sleep last night and I’m completely smashing out a journal article. New strategy for productivity?29 Dec 2024 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3leg6xwczas2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3ldqahdhsuk2hAlbanese and Dutton acting like year 8 boys.20 Dec 2024 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldqahdhsuk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3ldeh4x4dks2gThere are whole suburbs being built in Sydney without public school provision but apparently the story is a small group of parents opposed to co-education https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/absolute-insanity-parents-students-vow-to-fight-changes-at-top-sydney-school-20241212-p5ky2p.html15 Dec 2024 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldeh4x4dks2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/msciffer.bsky.social/post/3ld5tj2wgck2xAmazing how similar Australia is to the UK in narrowing education to a measurable commodity13 Dec 2024 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:ouotknwoiilebmuiuqevwhqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld5tj2wgck2x