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.
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If we look at enrolment figures for public secondary schools, it’s untrue to say the steady drift towards private schools has been reversed.
Here’s why Labor’s figure for school funding is too high.
A new proposed deal on school funding delivers the Gonski funding within budget.
While some parents are investing in tutoring and preparing for examinations from an early age, others are strongly rejecting this approach. Why is this?
Australia’s school funding model provides high levels of public funding to private schools, while also allowing them to charge fees.
Instead of a needs-based model, we ended up with an inconsistent patchwork of approaches across Australian states and territories that protected the vested interests of non-government schools.
If the government is serious about tackling terrorism, politicisation and increased surveillance in private schools and universities will not be enough.
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.
Responsibility for the operation of public schools needs to be separated from the policymaking and regulatory functions and put into a separate authority.
It is not a question about whether to invest in bold and meaningful education policy, but how to invest, where it is needed, and in the areas that are proven to have impact.
The prime minister’s proposal to cease federal funding for public schools is a response to a budgetary problem, not a way to improve educational outcomes.
There is no straightforward answer, but research shows there are some key things to consider when choosing a school which might help determine where to send your child.
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?
Inner-city parents in urban redevelopment zones are the most likely to have problems getting their children into a government school.
The dumping of Gonski education funding model will inevitably increase social inequality – funding for public schools will reduce while support for private schools increase.
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?
Feeding yet more choice and competition into a system that has such distorted forms of both can only compound our problems.
Recent survey data revealed that twice as many parents of public school students reported their children had been bullied compared to private school parents.
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.
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Education, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Victoria University
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Adjunct Professor of Education, Victoria University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Head of School, School of Education, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Development Economics, Monash University
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Director of Research and Development, Pivot Professional Learning; and Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Australian Catholic University
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