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Funding Agreements Defraud Public Schools

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:26:00 +0000

Funding Agreements Defraud Public Schools

Money Matters for Student Outcomes

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 02:56:00 +0000

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

Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:12:00 +0000

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

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:38:00 +0000

Public Schools Are Swindled by Billions Under New Education Agreements

SOS Education Research Brief

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 01:29:00 +0000

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

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 05:50:00 +0000

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

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 05:29:00 +0000

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

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:26:00 +0000

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

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 01:58:00 +0000

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

SOS - The State of School Funding in Australia

Tue, 29 May 2018 02:59:00 +0000

SOS - The State of School Funding in Australia

Pushing past the fear of missing out technologically

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 02:17:00 +0000

Pushing past the fear of missing out technologically

ACT Private Schools get the mother of all special deals

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:16:00 +0000

ACT Private Schools Get the Mother of all Special Deals

New Figures Confirm More Private Schools Will be Over-Funded Under Gonski 2.0

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 05:37:00 +0000

New Figures Confirm More Private Schools Will be Over-Funded Under Gonski 2.0

Pathetic Response by Teach for Australia to Criticisms

Wed, 13 Sep 2017 04:46:00 +0000

Teach for Australia (TFA) has abjectly failed to answer criticisms of the program. Save Our Schools has criticised TFA on several grounds.

Teach for Australia is failing in its mission

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 01:52:00 +0000

An evaluation report on the fast-track teacher training program, Teach for Australia (TFA), raises serious questions about the effectiveness of the program.

PISA Rankings Are Misleading Because of Differences in Student Coverage

Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:14:00 +0000

One of the standout performers in the results from PISA 2015 was Vietnam. It achieved a ranking of 8th in science with a score of 525, which was significantly above Australia’s score of 510.

Gonski 2.0 is a fraud

Mon, 26 Jun 2017 05:44:00 +0000

The Turnbull Government’s Gonski 2.0 funding plan is a fraud. It is a fraud because it delivers much less funding to public schools and much more for private schools than Gonski 1.0.

Turnbull Plan AEU Senate Submission

Mon, 29 May 2017 23:58:00 +0000

AEU submission to Gonski 2 Senate Committee

Gonski 2.0 is a 40% Gonski

Thu, 18 May 2017 00:40:00 +0000

This is the first in a series of articles to be published by Save Our Schools on the Turnbull Government’s Gonski 2.0 school funding plan. The next article will examine private school funding.

Social Segregation in Australian Schools is Amongst the Highest in the World

Fri, 05 May 2017 00:12:00 +0000

A new report released by the OECD shows that social segregation in Australian schools is amongst the highest in the world. Australia has the 8th highest rate of social segregation out of 71 countries participating in the OECD’s Programme of International Students Assessments in 2015.