Some of the richest and most powerful individuals and corporations in Australia are involved in educational philanthropy – …
A decade after LSLD was implemented, it became evident there were no improved educational outcomes across the State’s schools. …
Along with many fellow Australians I was momentarily heartened last year by the United Kingdom’s Labour party announcing that it would scrap elitist private schools in the UK (which are confusingly called “public schools”) if it won the UK election. Had it happened, those UK private schools would have been nationalised, their charitable status removed …
You would be forgiven for thinking that policy related to schooling is not a major issue in Australia. …
Much has been said about David Gonski’s second review of school funding in Australia. It is a document …
Education ministers from all of Australia’s governments, state, territory and Commonwealth, met on Friday to begin negotiations over …
The Turnbull Government budget announced an additional spend of $1.2 billion on schooling between 2018 and 2020. It …
A new report proposes Australia adopt a US styled charter school, or UK type academies, approach as a solution to our falling scores on international tests. It even suggests Australia should consider for-profit schools. The report comes from the Centre for Independent Studies, a conservative pro-business pro-privatisation think tank. US charter schools and UK academies …
Two months ago, four proposals for reforming government roles and responsibilities in schooling were leaked from the Abbott …
Parents who choose a private school for their child have a ‘right’ to expect governments to help with the costs because they are taxpayers; so the argument goes in Australia. Certainly chief executive of Independent Schools Victoria, Michelle Green, makes such an argument. But where does this so-called ‘right’ come from? Neither Michelle Green nor …