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 […]
Parent/school communication: PV media comment
ABC radio breakfast host Sammy J interviewed Parents Victoria CEO Gail McHardy this morning about reports that a Melbourne high school has asked parents not to email teachers outside school hours. Sammy commented that this is “off the back of the right-to-disconnect laws” recently passed by the Federal Government. Gail emphasised the importance of mutual […]
Funding letter to Jason Clare
Along with seven other parent groups, Parents Victoria has written to Federal Education Minister Jason Clare to call for full funding of government schools – now. The letter points out that: The Australian Education Act 2013 obligates the Australian government to provide needs-based funding to schools that is fair. As you have acknowledged, Australian government […]
Call for more Federal school funding
This article in the Guardian covers the recent call by The Australian Education Union, leaders of all major principals’ organisations and the Australian Council of State School Organisations (ACSSO) for the federal government pay at least a quarter of the cost of fair public school funding. Parents Victoria is a member of ACSSO. The call […]
Wealthy private schools over-funded
We’ve been saying for a long time that public schools are under-funded. As this article in the Age makes clear, the other side of the coin is that many wealthy private schools are over-funded. According to the article, “The true extent of taxpayer overfunding of private schools has been laid bare in new figures, showing schools […]
Productivity Commission data confirms unfairness
A recently-released report from the Productivity Commission confirms that private school funding has grown much faster than public school funding in recent years. Data from the Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services in childcare, education and training, released on 5 February 2024, has prompted calls for a fairer system where all public schools are fully […]
