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One recommendation to fix inequity in Australia is for the government to fund non-government schools to the same degree as government schools, while banning them from charging fees.
Australia is in the midst of a population boom. But Catholic school enrolments have been decreasing since 2013.
Using Catholic doctrine to fire LGBTQ teachers and discriminate against queer students in Catholic schools violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Increased funding to Catholic schools won’t necessarily make them more accessible for low-income families.
New analysis shows wealthy parents at advantaged Catholic primary schools could actually afford the increase to school fees under the needs-based model.
After fierce attack from Catholic schools over the new funding arrangements, the Morrison government has announced a new $4.6 billion package for non-government schools.
The time to consolidate Ontario’s two school systems is long overdue. It’s no longer viable to dismiss the issue on Constitutional grounds. All that’s needed is political will.
Estimating parents’ capacity to contribute to their children’s schooling is both vital and politically sensitive. Schools with well-off parents get much less funding from government.
Catholic schools say they’re losing money under Gonski 2.0, but this is only true for schools serving students in affluent areas – those in poorer areas will either be unaffected, or get more.
Despite the need for both male and female teachers, male primary school teachers could be extinct by 2067.
The Trinity Lutheran case signals the Supreme Court’s willingness to interpret separation of church and state as religious discrimination. What will this mean for the future of vouchers and school choice?
The passage of the new schools funding program is a big win for Australian children.
The Catholic sector, having lost the old special deals, would be anxious to extract some new ones from an ALP government that had extra dollars to put around.
Simon Birmingham met Catholic education representatives on Monday night, receiving such a haranguing that at times it was difficult for him to get a word in.
Critics are expected to speak out in the partyroom on Tuesday, demanding more information about the effects of the schools package on the Catholic sector.
The new program for Catholic schools draws on the same research as Safe Schools (so perhaps it wasn’t part of a ‘Marxist agenda’ after all).
Here’s why Labor’s figure for school funding is too high.
Federal and state government funding to the Catholic sector does not necessarily then flow straight to the school.
The Turnbull government’s schools funding proposal ‘should be embraced by all sides of politics’ provided some adjustments are made, a Grattan Institute submission says.
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Doctor, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor Conflict Resolution, Trinity College Dublin
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Senior Research Fellow - School of Education and the Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Professor, Education Policy & Law; Director, National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate professor Sexualities and Genders / Sociology, Western Sydney University
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Head of School of Education and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Fellow, Australian Catholic University
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Deputy Program Director, School Education, Grattan Institute
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Research Fellow, Faith Schooling: Principles & Policies, University of Warwick
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Affiliated Researcher, Alumnus, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, West Virginia University
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