This report assesses whether the NSW Department of Education is effectively supporting students with disability in NSW public schools. It finds the Department still hasn’t resolved longstanding issues with funding, access to targeted supports, monitoring school practice and tracking outcomes for students with disability.

This paper analyses trends in the funding of public and private schools. The author argues that the bias towards the funding of private schools and the under-funding of public schools is a major factor behind the large achievement gaps between rich and poor in Australia.

This paper argues the Australian taxpayer is much better off when non-government schools receive public funding. The authors calculate the savings from all Australian non-government schools, both Catholic and Independent, for the year 2023.

This report examines the benefits, both educational and economic, for investing in Australia’s public schools, and proposes how the Commonwealth can address years of political and fiscal neglect.

The research outlined in this report suggest that the better performance achieved by private schools over public ones is not necessarily linked to a better quality of education in private schools, but rather to an over-representation of privileged groups, and often a school climate more conducive to learning.