David Gonski
- Editorial
- Private schools
Sydney’s wealthiest schools growing further out of reach
The city’s middle-class families, already hit by rising costs of living, face another nasty shock as our high-fee private schools increase the costs of entry.
- The Herald's View
Latest
- Exclusive
- Arts
Who’s in, who’s out as Labor figures head cultural leadership shake-up
ALP veterans head a list of 10 new prestigious appointments to the state’s leading galleries and museums.
- Linda Morris
Bob Carr makes history with new Sydney appointment
The former premier will chair the board of the Museums of History NSW. Meanwhile, an ex-Liberal leader gets a spot on the NSW Art Gallery board.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
- Opinion
- School funding
Blaming private schools for the underfunding of state schools is nonsense
Australia has far more private schools than most other countries in the OECD, so it is not surprising we spend more money on them.
- David Hastie
- CBD
- CBD
Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle
This week’s Melbourne Writers Festival will hope to capture the same success as the Sorrento Writers Festival held last month.
- Stephen Brook
Lesson in inequity
Whether it is Scottish castle libraries, plunge pools, executive trips to Henley regattas or the latest comparison between the obscene amount of money spent by a few private schools on capital works and entire state school funding, it is clear that the current funding model is failing students.
- Exclusive
- Education
The private schools with the richest parents in Australia revealed
About $1.3 billion, or a quarter of all overfunding for private schools, is flowing to those where family income exceeds $200,000 a year. See the schools here.
- Sherryn Groch
- Exclusive
- Education
How one state deal reignited Australia’s school funding wars
States have rejected millions of dollars in extra Commonwealth money for public schools as they push for twice as much cash as WA agreed to.
- Sherryn Groch and Robyn Grace
- Exclusive
- Education
The accounting tricks shortchanging public schools billions of dollars every year
Coalition-era loopholes let the states underfund public schools, leaving them a long way off Gonski minimum standards - and Victoria is one of the worst.
- Sherryn Groch
- Editorial
- Private schools
Fee-paying parents have a right to know school staff salaries
The eye-watering amounts paid to key personnel to run some of Sydney’s more expensive private schools shows that they not only pay top dollar, but have evolved into very flash successful entities.
- The Herald's View
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