It’s unusual for children in Nigeria’s rural areas to have any access to private schooling, even if it’s of the low-cost variety. They must rely instead on poorly resourced government schools.
Smaller class sizes do not make a difference the quality of education.
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A recent study on school vouchers shows that the program may be harming kids’ academic achievement, at least in math. What’s missing here? Are test scores the only way to judge a program?
Labor has announced it would fully fund Gonski if it wins government.
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Labor has announced it will commit to fully funding Gonski, with a reform package costing $37.3 billion over the next decade.
But is this actually what the Gonski review recommended?
Parents often don’t realise their child has a right to be enrolled and to receive an equal standard of education in a private school.
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Children with disabilities are frequently discriminated against in Australian schools, with parents asked to send their child to another school or fork out extra money.
Most of the new schools needed will be primary schools.
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The dumping of Gonski education funding model will inevitably increase social inequality – funding for public schools will reduce while support for private schools increase.
Only at Eton: the Eton Wall Game.
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I am embarking on the enrolment process for my daughter at the moment and I have chosen the local state school. It runs at an average on the My School website, below average on like schools, and it has had a long reputation for being rough. So why have I chosen it?
Children walk home from school in a Nairobi slum.
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In Uganda, private schools are simply ignoring a policy that calls for pupils to learn in a mother tongue rather than in English for the first three years of their education.
Introducing a new type of school will only make things worse for Australia’s already inequitable system.
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Recent survey data revealed that twice as many parents of public school students reported their children had been bullied compared to private school parents.
“How much cash” is the wrong debate to be having about school funding.
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Political debates around school funding focus on public versus private, which party is the Gonski champion, and who gets the most money. All of these debates miss the point.
Let’s not forget what the history of this abandoned school tells us.
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