There is much anticipation about the future of school funding with proposed new arrangements for school funding scheduled to be presented to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in April this year. The meeting will be the culmination of the latest iteration of the debate about school funding that has been ongoing since the...

The research report, From opportunity to outcomes. The changing role of public schooling in Australia and national funding arrangements, was commissioned by the government departments responsible for school education in all states and territories, with the exception of NSW. Its purpose is to understand the role of public education in Australia and to provide advice...

This survey of over 11,000 Australian public school principals and teachers which shows: Teachers overwhelmingly believe the best way to lift student outcomes is to cut class sizes and increase the individual attention every child receives. The under-funding of public schools has led to higher teacher and principal workloads and a reliance on fundraising by...

This 2-page policy statement is consistent with Providing Safe Schools P-12 in its rationale and outlines specific policy statements on, procedures and definitions of suspension, exclusion or transfer of students in ACT public schools. TP201008 is the identifier of this document.

A recent Australia Institute report dismissing non-government schools as irrelevant to student achievement is seriously flawed, argues Jennifer Buckingham. The report contends that parents would be wiser to save money they might spend on non-government schooling, and use it for a full-fee university place. Its central argument, that schools do not directly affect student achievement...