Does quality schooling come with an expensive price tag?

Dr Jenny Chesters

By Dr Jenny Chesters
Community contribution / July 15, 2015

For many parents, deciding where to send their children to school has become an important part of performing parenthood.

Parents make choices about education conscious of the fact that their parenting is on display and they are being judged ...

This story appeared in the August 2015 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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