Research and Studies

Funding Agreements Defraud Public Schools

Money Matters for Student Outcomes

A new comprehensive review of academic studies in the United States has found overwhelming evidence of a strong causal relationship between increased school spending and student outcomes.

WA Public Schools lose billions under new education agreement

Public schools will lose about $6.1 billion in funding over ten years from 2018 under the new Bilateral Agreement between the Commonwealth and Western Australian Governments published last week.

Public Schools Are Swindled by Billions Under New Education Agreements

SOS Education Research Brief

The Brief summarises data contained in a just published UNICEF report which shows that Australia has nearly the most unequal education system in the developed world.

Advantaged Schools Get First Call on the best Teachers

A research paper published today by Save Our Schools shows that Australia allocates more and better teacher resources to socio-economically advantaged schools than to disadvantaged schools.

Massive Gaps in Teacher Resources Between Disadvantaged and Advantaged Schools

Australia allocates more teacher resources to socio-economically advantaged schools than to disadvantaged schools. Disadvantaged schools in Australia have more students per teacher, more teacher shortages, more teacher absenteeism, more poorly qualified teachers. Read more.

SOS Education Policy Brief on Special Deal for Private Schools

Morrison puts more nails in the coffin of Gonski.The analysis shows that the deal further undermines the principle of needs-based funding in several ways

State Govts evade their commitments to public schools

Labor and Coalition state governments are trying to evade commitments to increase their funding of public schools through a subterfuge.