Chris Bonnor

Chris Bonnor is a former teacher and secondary school principal, a previous head of the NSW Secondary Principals’ Council, co-author with Jane Caro of The Stupid Country and What Makes a Good School, and co-author of Waiting for Gonski. He has jointly authored papers on Australia’s schools in association with the Centre for Policy Development and the Gonski Institute for Education.

Chris's recent articles

Sorry, the full Gonski wont be enough

Sorry, the full Gonski wont be enough

Inclusive solutions for exclusive schools

Inclusive solutions for exclusive schools

Damned lies and school statistics... again

Damned lies and school statistics... again

Better and fairer schools in a sea of inequity?

Better and fairer schools in a sea of inequity?

What happened to the politicians schools?

What happened to the politicians schools?

School funding back in the news

School funding back in the news

Which way for school students with disabilities?

Which way for school students with disabilities?

Lies, damned lies and school statistics

Lies, damned lies and school statistics

A problem bigger than rich schools and funding

A problem bigger than rich schools and funding

Is NSW education in for big changes? Lets hope so

Is NSW education in for big changes? Lets hope so

The Labor Essayists: Chalmers, Rudd and the failing market of schools

The Labor Essayists: Chalmers, Rudd and the failing market of schools

School reform: shift the deck chairs, forget about the ship

School reform: shift the deck chairs, forget about the ship

Schools in crisis; solutions in disarray

Schools in crisis; solutions in disarray

Productivity Commission review ignores repressive structure of Australian school system

Productivity Commission review ignores repressive structure of Australian school system

Waiting for Gonski: a response to Trevor Cobbold

Waiting for Gonski: a response to Trevor Cobbold

Election 2022: no education minister and an opposition without a school funding policy

Election 2022: no education minister and an opposition without a school funding policy

If I were the Minister for Education, these are the three priority things I would do for schools

If I were the Minister for Education, these are the three priority things I would do for schools

What is the point of taxpayer funding of private schools?

What is the point of taxpayer funding of private schools?

Will schools now get back to normal? We have to do better than that

Will schools now get back to normal? We have to do better than that

Tudge on the bludge - new education minister offers nothing new

Tudge on the bludge - new education minister offers nothing new

Three school education policies for Labor

Upturn in education? A few more lessons need to be learned

The failing pursuit of school success in NSW

Lobbyland: How the lobbies hijacked school education

Blessed are the rich Catholic schools

Kids are back at school, but some have fallen well behind

CHRIS BONNOR. This virus might lead to education reform.

CHRIS BONNOR. Two very wicked problems in school funding

CHRIS BONNOR. The pendulum swings (yet again) for NSW schools

CHRIS BONNOR. SMH Schools Summit flies many kites

CHRIS BONNOR. School fixes and fantasy

CHRIS BONNOR. PISA the never-ending story

CHRIS BONNOR. Britain's private schools in the firing line

Rich school, poor school

CHRIS BONNOR Selective schools ... again

CHRIS BONNOR The education election: it's the same old song

CHRIS BONNOR. An election without education?

CHRIS BONNOR. Separating scholars in Australia's schools

CHRIS BONOR. The Best of 2018: The elite schools arms race goes nuclear

CHRIS BONNOR. The ABC of school funding

Discrimination recriminations in the debate about private schools

CHRIS BONNOR. Ruddock review kicks up a storm

CHRIS BONNOR. Catholic schools funding: here we go again.

CHRISTINA HO AND CHRIS BONNOR. 'Hubs of concentrated advantage': selective schools need a rethink

CHRIS BONNOR. Gonskis second coming

CHRIS BONNOR. Is it time to shut Goulburns Catholic School doors again?

CHRIS BONNOR and LYNDSAY CONNORS A school funding horror story: special deals are back

CHRIS BONOR. The elite schools arms race goes nuclear

Indigenous education: closing - and opening - the gaps

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