Australia Association for Research in Education
Independent Public Schools
Charter schools: an old, flawed idea and wrong for Australia
A new report proposes Australia adopt a US styled charter school, or UK type academies, approach as a solution to our falling scores on international tests. It even suggests Australia should consider for-profit schools. The report comes from the Centre for Independent Studies, a conservative pro-business pro-privatisation think tank. US charter schools and UK academies …
Reid responds to Donnelly’s “inaccuracies and obfuscations”
My blog of 3/8/2014 was an edited version of the opening statement I made in a debate with …
Kevin Donnelly replies:the Liberal Government’s policy of independent public schools will raise education standards in Australia
(Note: What follows is an edited and expanded version of Dr Kevin Donnelly’s presentation at the recent ACSA …
The Abbott Government’s policy of ‘independent public schools’ will lower standards and widen inequalities in Australian schools.
[NOTE:This is an edited version of the negative case against the Abbott Govt’s Independent Public Schools policy made …