Researchers Tom Greenwell and Chris Bonnor have called for a ‘common framework’ to restore equity to the school system – ...
Call for private schools to be publicly funded and free, ending inequity
Australia’s private schools should be fully publicly funded and free, with the condition they include all students, an ambitious new proposal seeking to bring ‘choice and fairness’ to the education system has argued.
Under the proposal, independent and faith-based schools that continue to charge fees or reject an inclusive enrolment policy would not receive any public funding.