Public school principals are struggling to provide adequate funding for students with a disability and report having to siphon funds from other school budgets to make up for the shortfall, according to the Australian Education Union’s (AEU) 2020 State of ...
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NSW follows Victoria’s lead in hiring tutors to help struggling students catch up
The NSW government will offer free tutoring next year to disadvantaged students who have struggled after periods of home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a first for the state, the tutoring will be provided by casual and retired teachers, ...
More »Australia ‘below OECD average’ in public education funding as inequity gap widens
The latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report highlights that Australia’s public spending on education is shrouded by private investment and is below the OECD average. Dr Emma Rowe, an expert in school funding and education policy at ...
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