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Gonski – the uncertainty continues
Four initial reports to the Gonski Review fail to deliver any concrete direction regarding future school funding. Given other combative forces impacting on the Gillard Government increased politicisation of the funding debate appears inevitable. Read More...TOP STORY
Another rushed policy debacle avoided
Rushed implementation of the national school curriculum has been delayed by the NSW government. Canberra is unhappy because it challenges the predictably flawed policy implementation pattern which has symbolised the Rudd and Gillard governments since 2007. Read More...TOP STORY
Analysing Gonski
Critics of recurrent funding to the non-government school sector seek to selectively influence decisions from the Gonski Review. Some of their assumptions should be challenged to create a balance debate on this contentious government issue. Read More...TOP STORY
Opening the books not the solution
Calls by The Sydney Morning Herald for independent schools to reveal their asset resources accentuate school ideological differences and contribute nothing to improving education quality for all students. Read More...TOP STORY
Balancing the scales of debate
Independent school recurrent funding will remain a media pre-occupation partly because its critics will ensure its continuing notoriety. Many pertinent facts surrounding the issue remain hidden in the emotive arguments of school profits and sector funding inequity. Read More...LATEST NEWS
All for an alarmist headline
Without considering the combined recurrent funding allocations from state and federal governments to the private and public school sectors the public’s understanding of funds apportionment to each sector will continue to be distorted by unions and funding critics. Register to read full story...Forecasting a funding future
While the much anticipated Gonski Review into school funding could provide the Government with ammunition to change recurrent funding to the independent school sector other considerations will impact on Ms Gillard’s electoral ability and political motivation to trigger major funding changes.
Those considerations hinge on a fundamental tenet of politics – her ability to gain re-election in 2013.
In the foreseeable social and economic climate that possibility is looking increasingly unlikely. Register to read full story...
An exercise in subterfuge
The final Taskforce Report on the BER continued to minimise responsibility to the Gillard Government while wasting an opportunity to refocus on student education need. Register to read full story...Enrolment and Pre-enrolment made electronic and easy!
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First developed for The King's School, EziEnrol takes all the basic data you need and has the ability to be tailored to ask the questions you want.
For a free demonstration call Geoff Holt 0400394307 or email holt@ezisuite.com
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