The latest NAPLAN results reveal the enormity of the challenges facing Australia’s school system. They show vast achievement gaps between rich and poor, a huge proportion of equity group cohorts not achieving national proficiency standards and a very large proportion in need of additional support in their learning. Unfortunately, the education equity targets and new funding agreements between the Commonwealth and state and territory governments provide little prospect that the gaps can be r...| SOS Australia
New figures obtained from the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission show that 15 private schools serving the richest families in South Australia collected over $30 million from donations, investments and other income in 2023. Shockingly, this money is ignored by governments when determining taxpayer funding of these schools. It is a fundamental flaw in how […]| SOS Australia
New figures obtained from the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission show that 20 private schools serving the richest families in Western Australia raked in nearly $50 million in 2023 from donations, investment income and other income. Shockingly, this money is ignored by governments in determining taxpayer funding of these schools. It is a fundamental flaw in how the Commonwealth Government funds rich, exclusive private schools. It means they are being over-funded compared to pu...| SOS Australia
New figures obtained from the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission show that 60 private schools serving the richest families in Australia raked in over $350 million from donations, investment income and other income in 2023. Shockingly, this money is ignored by governments when determining taxpayer funding of these schools. It is a fundamental flaw in […]| SOS Australia
New figures obtained from the Australian Charities Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) show that 30 private schools serving the richest families in Queensland raked in nearly $100 million in 2023 from donations, investment and other income. Shockingly, this money is ignored by governments in determining taxpayer funding of these schools. It is a fundamental flaw in how the Commonwealth Government funds rich, exclusive schools It means they are being over-funded compared to public and other pri...| SOS Australia
New figures obtained from the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission show that 50 private schools serving the richest families in NSW raked in over $150 million in 2023 from donations, investment income and other income. Shockingly, this money is ignored by governments when determining taxpayer funding of these schools. It is a fundamental flaw in how the Commonwealth Government funds rich, exclusive private schools. It means they are being over-funded compared to public and othe...| SOS Australia
New figures obtained from the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) show that 50 private schools serving the richest families in Victoria raked in nearly $150 million in 2023 from donations, investment income and other income. Shockingly, this money is ignored by government when determining taxpayer funding of these schools. It is a fundamental flaw in how the Commonwealth Government funds rich, exclusive private schools. It means they are being over-funded compared to pu...| SOS Australia
A Fact Sheet published by the prestigious US Learning Policy Institute shows that money matters in school education. The following is an abridged version of the Fact Sheet. The full version can be found here.| SOS Australia
Private schools have a long history of adopting spurious and misleading arguments to defend their privileged over-funding by governments. It was on show again in a recent article by the NSW Association of Independent Schools (NSW AIS). It all serves to deflect attention from the indisputable bias towards private schools in the school funding system.| SOS Australia
The Prime Minister and Education Minister, Jason Clare, have claimed that the Abbott Government cut school funding by $30 billion. The Prime Minister repeated the claim in the first election debate with Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton. Dutton denied that school funding was cut. The claim is an issue in the election campaign a result of equivocal and contradictory statements by the Opposition on the new funding agreements between the Commonwealth and state/territory governments.| SOS Australia