Shifting sands: The new landscape of Australian education
The Educator speaks to Professor Pasi Sahlberg about the sweeping changes set to transform Australia's schools
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Rich-poor gap growing in our schools, new data shows
The latest NAPLAN results reveal vast inequity in school outcomes in Australia
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“An act of betrayal”: Current National School Reform Agreement extended
Australia's peak teachers' union and public school advocates have slammed the delay as a blow to disadvantaged students
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New study highlights funding gap between public and private schools
Private school funding has increased five times faster than that for public schools, a new study shows
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New study calls PISA's relevance into question
Nearly three-quarters of students didn’t fully try on the OECD's PISA 2018 tests, new figures show
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New figures reveal true extent of school resourcing gap since 2009
Per student funding for private schools has increased 6-8 times that of public schools since 2009, new data shows
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Should private schools be integrated into the public system?
Critics say the new proposal by the Gonski Institute threatens to deepen inequality and segregation
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"Unconscionable": Public schools under-funded by $60bn
The funding gap between public and private schools is set to soar this decade, new figures reveal
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'Beware false idols of educational excellence' – experts
A growing body of research questions the validity of international comparisons of test results
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'Public schools as good as private schools' – new study
The perception that private schools perform better than public schools has taken another blow