Private schools

More money for private schools won’t make Australia’s education fairer, no matter how you split it

Our high levels of funding for private schools is now taken for granted. It is seen as an expression of…

4 years ago

ScoMo funding laws direct billions to non-gov’t schools

The new funding model doesn't factor in a school's asset wealth or private income and critics deem it a cash-grab…

4 years ago

Public schools excluded from $10m drought relief

“Under the Morrison Government 99 percent of public schools won’t reach the minimum funding benchmark..."

4 years ago

NSW has 48 selective schools. Victoria has 4. There’s an interesting history behind this…

Many so-called comprehensive public high schools in high-unemployment areas have neither sustained enrolments nor a broad or comprehensive curriculum.

5 years ago

Why Catholic primary school parents can afford to pay more

The Coalition’s school funding fix is a good deal for Catholic and independent schools. It’s a bad deal for the…

6 years ago

Checks and balances vital for fair disability funding

Before Gonski 2.0, only students who received disability funding were counted in the top ups for needs-based funding. The onus…

7 years ago

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