Despite significant reform agendas over the past decade, no real progress in outcomes has been achieved.
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We take a closer look at some of the common claims made this year to see if there is any truth to them.
A new proposed deal on school funding delivers the Gonski funding within budget.
A new VET student loan scheme will aim at putting a stop to rorting by dodgy private colleges. Education Minister Simon Birmingham says the new scheme is being built from the ground up.
Australia’s school funding model provides high levels of public funding to private schools, while also allowing them to charge fees.
A new school funding model being proposed aims to free up funds to help education ministers resolve their differences in state funding, and deliver needs-based funding in full.
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.
Education Minister Simon Birmingham has released figures to prepare the way for a major overhaul of federal funding for schools.
The claim that school spending has increased is misleading and simplistic.
Focusing on progress – not just achievement – and investing in improving teaching practice will help to lift slipping standards in Australian schools.
Mixed messages from the Coalition government around schools policy are not only confusing, but also raise deeper questions about whether they have a firm position on schooling at all.
Among Labor's most popular refrains is the claim that the government has cut $80 billion from schools and hospitals. Is it true?
Both parties are proposing to spend more on education, yet there is no guarantee that either will lift outcomes substantially.
Research shows linking teachers’ pay to performance has little impact on student achievement. Similar tests to the ones the government proposes for young children now face a backlash in the UK and US.
While schools receive an extra $1.2 billion in funding for 2018-20, reforms for higher education are delayed by a further year.
So far the budget has given us more education gift cards to use in the stores of the federal government’s choosing - two more tests for children; one when they come into school and one when they leave.
Tuesday's budget will provide $153.6 million over five years to boost security arrangements for the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission.
While Labor's policy proposals for schools are all mapped out, the Coalition has yet to specify its plans for education.
The federal government has argued consistently that more money does not lead to better educational outcomes. But is that right?
Young people are pressured into university and many end up in unsuitable courses. We need to recognise these realities and be clear about the purpose of higher education so it doesn't lose its value.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer in Education Policy and Sociology of Education, University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Professor of Education, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Deakin University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne
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Leader of the Education Policy and Leadership Unit, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
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Executive Director, Public Policy Institute, Australian Catholic University
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Management Consultant & Occasional Lecturer in Management & Economics, CQUniversity Australia
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Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, University of Melbourne
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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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Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Fellow, Grattan Institute
