Latest news about the Gonski education reforms in Australia from the Guardian
July 2024
Holdout states given deadline to sign up to school funding agreement
NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia will now have until end of September to agree to proposed 2.5% federal increase or keep old agreement
February 2024
Public school advocates warn Albanese government billions at stake if it breaks funding promise
Advocates say Coalition-era loophole has robbed public schools of $13bn, with $26bn to be lost by 2029 if Labor fails to close it in agreements with states
August 2023
One in 10 students are falling behind on literacy and numeracy, revamped Naplan finds
NSW had the best results while more than 30% of students in the Northern Territory failed to meet proficiency standards
July 2023
The gutting of Gonski
Australian public school funding falls behind private schools as states fail to meet targets
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NSW public schools are in disrepair but capital works funding is failing to materialise
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Social segregation is the biggest problem facing Australian schools. Can we balance choice and fairness?
Tom Greenwell and Chris Bonnor
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The Gonski dream: how can governments restore funding – and trust – to public education?
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Increased funding has left private schools better able to attract teachers, public principals say
Full Story
Why Australian schools fail those most in need – Full Story podcast
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‘Where is the accountability?’: Indigenous children bear the brunt of Australia’s unequal education system
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The parents fleeing Australia’s public school system – and those choosing to stay
First Dog on the Moon
Is it fair private schools had government funding increase more than public? Life isn’t fair!
First Dog on the Moon
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Private school funding increased twice as much as public schools’ in decade after Gonski, data shows
March 2022
Victorian public schools face $20bn funding shortfall, analysis shows
The Gonski ‘failure’: why did it happen and who is to blame for the ‘defrauding’ of public schools?
February 2022
Educational inequality and a tale of two Australian schools
No other wealthy nation concentrates disadvantaged children into disadvantaged schools like Australia does
Pasi Sahlberg and Adrian Piccoli
January 2022
The Australian school system has a serious design flaw. Can it change before it’s too late?
When colleagues overseas ask what I think about Australia’s school system, I tell them that it does offer world-class education, but not for everyone
September 2019
Labor defends $1.2bn private school package it previously called a 'slush fund'
ALP will not support a bid to shut down Coalition’s ‘choice and affordability’ fund and welcomes restored funding
August 2019
The spending arms race at elite private schools is out of control
Trevor Cobbold
Taxpayer money for private schools denies much-needed resources for disadvantaged public schools
