Education policy experts run through the major changes for education in Budget 2018 for schools, VET and higher education.
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Traditional public schools suffer as states create favorable funding schemes for charter schools and school vouchers.
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.
Federal courts have long declined to enshrine the right to education into federal law. A careful look at the history of the 14th Amendment shows why that may be the wrong approach.
NAPLAN is good at measuring some aspects of education, including knowledge difference between demographics, but has not produced a positive effect on student learning outcomes.
Australia has the third most expensive education system in the OECD, but we might not be getting what we pay for.
Michelle Grattan and Deep Saini discuss what’s been making headlines this week in politics.
The issues with Lee Rhiannon involved trust in her, and the ability of the hardline NSW branch to bind MPs.
Bob Brown, a long-time critic, repeated his previous description of Lee Rhiannon as ‘the Greens’ version of Tony Abbott’.
While Malcolm Turnbull celebrates the parliament passing the school funding package, the government is still trying to deal with an energy crisis.
The passage of the new schools funding program is a big win for Australian children.
As it attempts to limit vulnerabilities and confront pressing issues, the government is sending some confusing signals to the electorate.
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.
‘Cage-like’ facilities, segregation, and high numbers of exclusions show the concerning ways schools have responded to challenging behaviours by students with disabilities.
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.
Accurate data is needed for how disability funding is being used in schools so that it can be allocated correctly.
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.
Here’s what the latest funding proposals mean for schools.
Labor has formally decided to try to thwart the government’s Gonski schools legislation, while the Greens are looking over their shoulder at what their base would think if they opt to back it. Meanwhile…
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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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Associate Professor of Education Policy, The University of Western Australia
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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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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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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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Management Consultant & Occasional Lecturer in Management & Economics, CQUniversity Australia
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Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, The 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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Professor, Murdoch University
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Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
