Gunnedah South Public School P&C Champions Innovative Hearing Initiative
————————Advertisement———————– Gunnedah, NSW – In a pioneering move, the Parent & Citizens Association (P&C) of Gunnedah South Public School, in partnership with Sound Scouts, has supported an innovative hearing screening program for its students. Sound Scouts incorporates the science of a hearing test in a fun game based app, making it the perfect hearing test […]
School uniform – PV media comment
School uniform is a significant part of the ‘back to school’ costs that parents bear at the start of each school year. The current cost-of-living crisis has re-ignited a long running debate about school uniform, as reported in a recent Herald-Sun article. According to the article: Uniforms are expensive, can create “social cliques” in schools […]
Vic public schools most expensive: PV media
An article in today’s Age reveals that Victorian parents are paying more than any other state for a “free” public education. According to the article, “Victorian parents spent a total of $367.2 million on public education in 2022 – $85.2 million more than parents from NSW.” The article also compares the income per student received […]
Parents, it’s time to take action!
Now you know the facts, it is time to take action on school funding, while state and federal governments negotiate their bilateral funding agreements. Need more background? See our School Funding page. Here’s what you can do. Sign up to the For Every Child campaign Join 93,938 others in supporting this nationwide campaign. The more […]
School funding inequity is bad for everyone
Ross Gittins has written a penetrating economic analysis of school funding, under the headline, “Two-class school system a great way to entrench low productivity” The article begins: In 2011, the Gonski report recommended that government funding of schools be needs-based and sector-blind. More than 12 years later, it still hasn’t happened. And it’s by no […]
Capital works: 5 private schools = 3,300 public
An article in today’s Age highlights the huge wealth disparity between private and public schools. The article quotes statistics from the Australian Education Union, showing that 5 private schools in NSW and Victoria spent a combined $175.6 million on capital works in 2021. That’s the same as the capital works spending at 3,300 public schools […]
