Education and skills open the door to a good life in Australia. But a sizeable gap persists in school participation and attainment between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. What strategies will spread opportunity and improve outcomes?

In this talk, Chris Sarra conveys the importance of having a strong and positive sense of what it means to be Aboriginal in today’s Australian society, and argues that indigenous students can achieve outcomes comparable to other students – but only when negative perceptions are changed, positive approaches taken, true consultation made and high expectations...