At least 15 schools have been forced into abandoning weekly sport after the bus transport bill for students doubled in a year.
State education ministers are calling for a dedicated fund for public school capital works,like private schools have already,to make up the gap.
About $1.3 billion,or a quarter of all overfunding for private schools,is flowing to those where family income exceeds $200,000 a year. See the schools here.
Independent schools have sounded the alarm after the Productivity Commission recommended removing tax concessions for donations to school building funds.
States have rejected millions of dollars in extra Commonwealth money for public schools as they push for twice as much cash as WA agreed to.
Almost $1.6 billion will be invested in West Australian public schools over the next four years through a new state and federal government agreement.
A leading autism researcher will join the national board that oversees school funding as the government takes steps to stop families flocking to the NDIS.
Coalition-era loopholes let the states underfund public schools,leaving them a long way off Gonski minimum standards - and Victoria is one of the worst.
It costs half a million dollars to put a child through prep to year 12 at Victoria’s most expensive schools – and that’s not including uniforms and books.
No other government would subject parents to a school system that forces them to consider their kids as customers. And you know what? No other country does.
The Age has analysed the results of year 3 and 5 reading,writing and numeracy and found 15 public schools consistently outperforming high-fee private counterparts.