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public schooling in Australia
We know Australia has a private/public divide. But there’s even more inequality
A major driver of inequality in contemporary education systems internationally is the segregation of students from different social …
Why is the acting minister trying to damage Australian education?
Part two of a two-part series in response to Stuart Robert’s comments last week. Yesterday: Rachel Wilson on Dud teachers or a dud minister? Here are the facts Australia is facing a teacher shortage crisis. Schools are struggling to find enough teachers to teach their students. The situation is extremely dire. For example, modelling indicates that …
Public schools DO account for their funding: Public school autonomy processes are onerous and exacting
Among the turmoil generated by COVD19 for schools – are they open, are they closed, staggered attendance, online learning – and significant planning and workload on schools leaders and educators, the New South Wales Auditor-General released a report reviewing needs-based equity funding under the NSW Local Schools, Local Decisions (LSLD) reform. The timing of the …
Let’s stop talking about school choice and reconfigure what we are doing in Australia
In a perfect world, public schooling would be able to honour its mission to provide access to high …
The creeping commercialisation of public schools
The privatisation of public education is attracting a lot of attention around the world but what is happening …
Private interests shaping public education: let’s not follow the US example
Private interests are playing an increasingly prominent role in public education. It is a global trend that is …
Proud to be public: claiming back the essence of public schooling in Australia
A large achievement gap between rich and poor blights Australian education – and the gap appears to be widening. Australia is near the bottom of OECD countries in terms of equity in education. A major cause of the gap is that successive governments have diminished the strength of public education and, in so doing, increased …