Adam Rorris reported in the SMH to urge the Government to go further in helping schools to go solar.
Articles tagged: schools
Throwing billions at schools
Adam Rorris ponders the welcome problem of quickly spending $14.7 billion in schools more
A Real Education Revolution: Revised
Tony Moore offers suggestions for an education revolution beyond the boundaries of the private and public school systems. more
CPD Road Test: schools funding
Labor’s pledge to keeping pumping valuable education dollars into the Coalition’s wasteful SES funding scheme is bad policy, writes Lyndsay Connors. more
Improving our schools – an educated approach
Many teachers – particularly in the public system – still assume that education is something that happens to children, rather than with them, argues Joanna Mendelssohn. But current federal government policy won't bring about the changes needed in our schools. more
How equitable is our education system?
Sheldon Rothman unpacks the stats on equity in Australia's education system, and finds that to help disadvantaged young people catch up to other groups we need much greater investment in the schools they attend. more
Too smart by half?
Howard’s claim to have increased public school funding by 70% over the last ten years might not be a lie – or even a damn lie – but it’s definitely a dodgy statistic, writes Lyndsay Connors. more
The curriculum for public confidence
Bruce Wilson blames educational curricula for lost confidence by parents and proposes several solutions to remedy this, starting with a simpler, shorter, national curriculum. more
Quality education for all: state aid is still the issue
This week it was revealed that private schools are receiving around $2 billion more than they are entitled to under the SES model for private school funding. In the latest instalment of the Centre for Policy Development's series on education funding policy, Anthony Ashbolt argues that all state aid to private schools reinforces anti-democratic tendencies in our society. more