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Tag Archives: Save Our Schools
TREVOR COBBOLD. Gonski 2.0 is a Fiasco
The Turnbull Government’s Gonski 2.0 funding plan is a fiasco. Public schools will remain under-funded and there will be a massive increase in over-funding of private schools. The Education Amendment Bill before the Parliament to implement Gonski 2.0 should be … Continue reading
TREVOR COBBOLD. How has education come to this?
For a country that prides itself on the egalitarian ethos of a ‘fair go’ for all, the latest results from the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) are a distressing reminder that many are not getting a fair go … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Taxation
Tagged disadvantaged schools, disadvantaged students, Indigenous students, Karmel Report, low SES students, private schools, Programme for International Student Assessment, public schools., Save Our Schools, school choice., school funding, SES funding model, Trevor Cobbold
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TREVOR COBBOLD. Resource Gaps Between Advantaged & Disadvantaged Schools Among the Largest in the World
Disadvantaged students in Australia are being denied equal opportunities to learn because they have less access to qualified teachers and material resources than advantaged students. The gaps in access to education resources between advantaged and disadvantaged schools in Australia are … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
Tagged disadvantaged schools, Gonski, Save Our Schools, student-teacher ratios, teacher shortages, Trevor Cobbold
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TREVOR COBBOLD. Labor Again Exposed as Morally Bankrupt on Private School Overfunding
An unholy alliance between Tanya Plibersek and Tony Abbott on overfunding of private schools was again revealed this week. Labor’s position on overfunding was exposed as morally bankrupt, cynical and at complete odds with its supposed support for the principle … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
Tagged Gonski, private school overfunding, Save Our Schools, Simon Birmingham, Tanya Plibersek, Trevor Cobbold
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TREVOR COBBOLD. Birmingham misleads on School Funding and Outcomes
Improving the results of disadvantaged students is the major challenge facing Australian education. Yet, the Minister continues to wilfully ignore the extensive research evidence demonstrating that increasing funding for disadvantaged students is critical to improving outcomes. Five major academic studies … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
Tagged disadvantaged students, Save Our Schools, Simon Birmingham, Trevor Cobbold
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