University High in Parkville will move year 9 students to a CBD campus next year due to overcrowding,but parents say the government is dragging its feet on a permanent solution to the booming student population.
The Commonwealth will review its funding of a top private school after The Age revealed the school was splashing $85 million on a new sports complex.
While public schools are starved of resources and private school remain overfunded,let’s cut to the chase.
Australia has far more private schools than most other countries in the OECD,so it is not surprising we spend more money on them.
An OECD comparison of education funding reveals the Australian government is spending more on private schools and less on public schools than other countries.
Private schools are pocketing thousands of dollars more per student in taxpayer funding than “comparable” public campuses just down the road,according to new education union analysis.
Melbourne families are paying thousands of dollars for exam coaching to gain entry to selective schools or scholarship programs at private schools.
Cash-strapped school principals are turning their backs on charitable funding over complaints the money often came with “onerous” strings attached,making them not worth the effort.
Under funding changes announced in 2021,principals were told they needed to spend any accumulated money. How much was taken can now be revealed.
The release of the latest literacy and numeracy results comes amid a stand-off between the federal education minister and his state counterparts over funding.
Public school principals have told researchers they feel more like fundraisers than educators as they fight in competitive tendering processes for government money.