Inner-city parents in urban redevelopment zones are the most likely to have problems getting their children into a government school.
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The dumping of Gonski education funding model will inevitably increase social inequality – funding for public schools will reduce while support for private schools increase.
I am embarking on the enrolment process for my daughter at the moment and I have chosen the local state school. It runs at an average on the My School website, below average on like schools, and it has had a long reputation for being rough. So why have I chosen it?
Feeding yet more choice and competition into a system that has such distorted forms of both can only compound our problems.
Recent survey data revealed that twice as many parents of public school students reported their children had been bullied compared to private school parents.
Political debates around school funding focus on public versus private, which party is the Gonski champion, and who gets the most money. All of these debates miss the point.
The leak of four reform proposals for Australian schooling has triggered panic and confusion across the country. But while at first glance the proposals may seem worrying, they need to be put in context.
Fairfax press has reported the federal government’s green paper on reforming the federation has suggested four possible scenarios for school funding: Give states and territories complete funding responsibility…
New research has concluded Catholic and Independent schools do add value to students’ tertiary scores.
The quality of a public school is in location, location, location.
A number of studies in recent years have shown there is no academic advantage to private schools, so parents weighing up which school to send their child to need to look at the evidence.
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Associate Professor in Education, Deakin University
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