The Guardian, 7 Feb 2019. New research by Trevor Cobbold says government schools are being robbed (by as much as $19 billion between 2018 and 2022). Read the article here
Archive | School Funding & Gonski
Australia’s education system nearly the most unequal in the developed world
Trevor Cobbold, Save Our Schools, 15 Nov 2018. Australia prides itself on its egalitarian ethos, but it is a myth in education. We have one of the most segregated school systems and to be the 2nd most unequal education system in the developed world is disgraceful and scandalous. Read the report here
The price we pay for decades of school funding based on religion
Ross Gittins, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 Nov 2018. The coalition government has failed to implement Gonski reforms, which proposed needs-based, sector-blind funding of schools. Read the article here
Massive gaps in teacher resources between disadvantaged and advantaged schools
Trevor Cobbold, saveourschools.com.au, 23 Oct 2018. Australia allocates more and better teacher resources to socio-economically advantaged schools than to disadvantaged schools. The mis-allocation ranks alongside the worst in the OECD. Read the report here
Coalition recycles old nonsense with schools funding deal
The Guardian, 22 Sept 2018. While private schools will enjoy a $4.6bn windfall, state and territory budgets will struggle to pay for essential services. The funding deal makes no sense. Read the article here
Public schools losing out in political power plays
The Conversation, 24 Sept 2018. Good-bye Gonski. This special funding deal to independent and Catholic schools contradicts the government’s prior policy calling for a “sector-blind” approach. Read the article here
Gonski’s new plan has one big flaw
Prof John Fischetti, EduResearch Matters, 4 June 2018. When assembly line schooling is transformed to individualised learning, but the assessment scheme is from the same original mindset, we have the cart in front of the horse. It’s time we built learning centres instead of testing centres. Read the article here
Private schools getting $6700 more per student than NSW public schools
Sydney Morning Herald, 12 Apr 2018. Government and Catholic schools in NSW are operating with less than 70% of the income per student of the state’s private schools. Read the article here
Schools are missing out on billions
www.fairfundingnow.org.au, March 2018. Schools are missing out on billions that should have been delivered this year and next year. Read the article here
Government funding increases continue to favour private schools
Trevor Cobbold, 12 Feb 2018. New figures show that government funding increases continue to favour private schools over public schools despite the fact that public schools enrol the vast majority of disadvantaged students. Read the article here