Public schools have been dubbed one of the losers in the government’s 2020-21 Budget. Private schools will have their funding grow by 25.6 per cent over the next three years, to $16.1 billion by 2023/24. But public schools will only ...
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Parental contributions fuelling growing divide in NSW public high schools
Public schools of both low and high socioeconomic status (SES) are being privatised “from within” by parental contributions that fuel inequality, a new study has found. In their study entitled ‘Inequalities in the private funding of public schools: parent financial ...
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How would schools fare under a Peter Dutton-led government? According to the NSW Teachers Federation, they couldn't do much worse than the status quo. The union is using the battle for leadership of the Liberal party to highlight one of ...
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