Deb Wilkinson, Richard Denniss and Andrew MacIntosh highlight the need to tighten the current accountability arrangements that cover private schools in Australia to ensure that private schools teach public values. They highlight a range of exemptions that private schools curently have from anti-discrimination legislation allowing them to expel students on the basis of their sexuality...

Although universities are the only area of education spending solely funded by the Commonwealth, they received only one-third of the increase in education spending in this year's federal budget. Once again, argue David Hayward and Alexis Esposto, the budget shifted funds away from government education and towards private schooling. And it is the wealthiest schools...

Under the Council of Australian Governments' Reconciliation Framework, a new way of doing business in partnership with Indigenous communities is being trialled in ten Indigenous communities across Australia including the Indigenous community in the ACT, under the Indigenous Community Co-ordination Pilots. An Indigenous school is a viable option for consideration in the context of the...

Anthea Taylor provides insights into the school-to-work transition of 72 young people from a low-income region, who undertook an industry-specific school vocational education and training (VET) program. The training program was a one-year building and construction industry initiative, which involved schools, industry and TAFE. The majority of students reported confidence, enthusiasm, and satisfaction with their...

The debate over the 'values' that should be taught in public and private schools has been heated. However, in Australia today private schools have a wide range of exemptions from state anti-discrimination legislation allowing them to expel children on the basis of their sexuality or becuase they are pregnant. Deb Wilkinson, Andrew MacIntosh and Clive...