Rich Kid, Poor Kid highlights the urgency and devastation of the school funding problem in Australia.
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Schools ask parents to contribute to basic supplies such as stationery and first aid supplies. The price tag can be four figures, per child, per year.
Most school-choice programs in the US have been approved by lawmakers. But when asked for their views, voters have overwhelmingly rejected them.
A decade ago, it was hoped the Gonski reforms would level the playing field for Australian students, but the system is now even more unfair. A new book lays out how it all went wrong.
Researchers say educators told them that immigrant students are sometimes made to believe they will be deported. Why? One reason is educators didn’t want them to drag down their school’s test scores.
The unprecedented wave of federal funding could be used to modernize public schools – the second-largest public infrastructure in our nation, behind only highways.
Layoffs and pay freezes next year would hurt in-class instruction and student progress when it’s most needed.
Kindergarten enrollment dropped 16% this year, according to an NPR survey of 60 school districts across 20 states.
A number of states are considering laws to put charter school growth on pause, saying they drain resources from public schools. A school finance expert explains the logic behind the efforts.
Were the Victorian Greens correct about pubic school funding? We asked the experts to check the numbers.
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