Local schools local decisions

What #AARE2021 meant to me: identity, community, disruption, hope

By Pat Norman

AARE Conference Wrap: in the shadow of the virus, AARE2021 shines a light (header image from the Acknowledgement

The government knows how to help teachers. And it’s not more reform.

By Mihajla Gavin, Meghan Stacey, Rachel Wilson, Susan McGrath-Champ

A decade after LSLD was implemented, it became evident there were no improved educational outcomes across the State’s schools.

Public schools DO account for their funding: Public school autonomy processes are onerous and exacting

By Scott Eacott and Richard Niesche

Among the turmoil generated by COVD19 for schools – are they open, are they closed, staggered attendance, online learning – and significant planning and workload on schools leaders and educators, the New South Wales Auditor-General released a report reviewing needs-based equity funding under the NSW Local Schools, Local Decisions (LSLD) reform. The timing of the

Three issues I have with the minister’s Gayby Baby intervention

By Nicole Mockler

Many thousands of words have been written about Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, intervening to stop Burwood Girls High School screening the documentary film Gayby Baby in school time. As an educator and educational researcher, three important issues were raised for me. But first a quick recap of the episode. What happened The NSW Education Minister