Tag Archives: Gonski

School education funding is once again front and centre of Australian politics. Despite historic bipartisan agreement on the concept of needs-based funding, Labor is throwing Gonski 2.0 back in the Coalition’s face.

The Grattan Institute has recommended the delivery of the government’s proposed schools plan be accelerated, and a new body established to keep funding at arm’s length from politics.

The federal government’s schools funding plan has passed the House of Representatives despite opposition of all Labor members to the proposal.

Education minister, Simon Birmingham spoke at Windsor State School in Queensland this week about how Gonski 2.0, year one phonics testing and "no special deals".

For the first time, education minister Simon Birmingham has proposed a credible plan to deliver needs-based funding. They call it Gonski 2.0, but is this the plan we have been looking for?

Funding for schools will increase by $18.6 billion over the next decade, but there are winners and losers. The Catholic Schools are set to lose substantial funding and a list of 24 elite independent schools will also take a funding hit. Read on for a summary of the 2017 education budget.

A media release from The NSW Teachers Federation has slammed the Turnbull government's announcement on school funding reforms.

A new report from the Centre for Independent Studies described Gonski funding for schools as a “fantasy” and made three proposals for school funding: state control, school vouchers, or charter schools.

The federal government will introduce a new version of federal school funding following the completion of "Gonski 2.0", in what appears to be the Gonski inquiry 'take two'.

Education minister Simon Birmingham referred to the April 7 funding meeting in Hobart as a “morning of constructive discussions with the Education Council amongst myself and the state and territory ministers”