The National Party’s new curriculum policy proposes reforms, when there are already several underway. What schools and teachers really need is more funding and less change.
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An education professor explains how a hit TV show about a struggling school became a jumping-off point for a course about urban education.
Most school-choice programs in the US have been approved by lawmakers. But when asked for their views, voters have overwhelmingly rejected them.
Difficulties in attracting and retaining teachers have a lot to do with the conditions they find themselves working in. Here are 3 ways to develop a school system that’s fairer and better for all.
Once again, the court has expanded the legal ways that public funds can be used for students at religious institutions.
Schools barely rated a mention in the election campaign. But the incoming Albanese government faces a sector in crisis.
Local control over school funding leads to uneven resources between districts, two legal scholars maintain.
A decade ago, it was hoped the Gonski reforms would level the playing field for Australian students, but the system is now even more unfair. A new book lays out how it all went wrong.
Researchers estimate that COVID-19 disruptions in 2020 set back the education system by five years.
Anthony Albanese on Tuesday will promise $440 million on better ventilation in schools, building upgrades, and mental health support for children as pupils get ready to return to school
Even before the pandemic, access to arts programs and qualified instructors varied greatly among schools and districts.
A school finance expert and an education law scholar make the case for why reparations should be paid to African Americans by changing the way schools are funded.
Air-ventilation upgrades have been badly needed in U.S. classrooms since long before the pandemic. Low-tech filtration systems that cost about the same as a textbook per student can make a big difference.
Teacher turnover is higher among Black and Latino teachers than white teachers. An education policy expert explains what schools can do to reverse the trend.
Despite a growth in revenue from wind farms, many rural school districts are being nudged by policy and law to spend the money on buildings and not instruction.
A policy of “choice” for full-time online schooling would weaken public education, erode funding for in-classroom supports and drive those who can afford it to private education.
Parents don’t only pay for private schools. Many public schools ask parents to make ‘voluntary contributions’, and many more are upping their fundraising game.
A former education minister recently suggested Australian governments fully fund private primary schools, like Canada does. But a Canadian educational researcher says this isn’t accurate.
Fully funding private primary schools would significantly decrease inequity in Australia. And it wouldn’t cost the government too much more than it’s already spending on education.
Sustainability must be the centrepiece of the UK’s investment in school buildings.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Deakin University
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Adjunct Professor of Education, Victoria University
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Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
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Leader of the Education Policy and Leadership Unit, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Executive Director, Public Policy Institute, Australian Catholic University
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Research Chair in Education and Director of the Centre for International Research on Education Systems, Victoria University
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