Public Schools

Additional Funding Needed for Australian Public Schools

A new report by The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work calls for increased funding for Australian public schools. The report finds additional funding of $6.6 billion dollars annually is required for public schools to meet the Schooling Resource Standards federal and state governments committed to a decade ago. Focusing on three broad channels of …

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Australian private high school enrolments have jumped 70% since 2012

The latest Annual Statistical Report by Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) revealed that an increasing number of students going to private high schools over public schools, despite the significant increase of private high schools’ fees. According to the HILDA survey parents of students who attended private schools (both at primary and high-school …

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