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.
School systems would need to hit higher attendance and NAPLAN targets and provide greater funding transparency,under an expert panel’s proposals to the nation’s education ministers.
Millions of dollars will go to those who need it the least in WA,including some of the nation’s richest students,reports Australia’s leading education union.
The inequity of our school funding system means the less government help a school needs,the more it’s given,and the more a school needs the more likely it won’t be given enough.
The NSW government wants greater clarity for how the independent schools spend state funding each year after a series of embarrassing breaches.
The lack of funding injected into Como Secondary College has called into question the method the state government uses to upgrade schools.
Younger Australians are being told to expect a tougher future than previous generations on housing,education,income and climate. That gloomy picture demands action.
A group of specialised teachers who visit state schools to work with students with disabilities will be saved.
Teachers say full and fair funding would let them employ more teachers,reduce class sizes,recruit more support staff and give students more attention.
Readers were dismayed to learn that some private school principals’ pay packages top $1million,while their schools still receive government funding and don’t pay tax.
Xavier College is facing a payroll tax liability of more than $2 million a year. Yet in 2021,it received only $1.5 million from Victorian government. It’s absurd.