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Tom Alegounarias, the former chair of the NSW Education Standards Authority and one-time president of the Board of Studies, to conduct a major review of the laws that regulate how public funding is used.

Private schools face tighter rules on using $1.5b in public funds

The NSW government wants greater clarity for how the independent schools spend state funding each year after a series of embarrassing breaches.

  • Lucy Carroll

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Adrian Piccoli, Professor of Practice, UNSW during a panel discussion with SMH Education Editor Jordan Baker at The Sydney Morning Herald Schools Summit held at the ICC in Sydney on February 17, 2021. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Minister’s ‘dud teachers’ claim is factually wrong and bad politics: Ex-NSW education minister

Adrian Piccoli says federal Education Minister Stuart Robert is wrong to claim ‘dud’ teachers at public schools are the key reason for declining academic performance.

  • Lisa Visentin
Dallas Mclnerney, chief executive officer of Catholic Schools NSW and Adrian Piccoli from the University of NSW Gonski Institute.

Catholic leader dismisses school funding reform as ‘flight of fantasy’

A proposal by former education minister Adrian Piccoli to reduce segregation and disadvantage in schooling has been slammed by the leader of NSW Catholic schools.

  • Anna Patty
Australian parents want choice.

Give low-income parents a school choice: that's the key to equity

Don't blame private schools for inequality. Rather, extend their advantages to more families.

  • Glenn Fahey and Blaise Joseph
We can fund choice in education without exacerbating inequality.

What going to six schools taught me about diversity in education

My life experience tells me Professor Adrian Piccoli's proposal for fully funding private primary schools deserves thorough consideration. We can fund choice without funding inequality.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
MP Adrian Piccoli has called for a quota to restrict the enrollment of trainee teachers.

Governments should fully fund private primary schools, says Piccoli

Schools could continue to charge fees, but those that did would forfeit government funding, says former NSW education minister Adrian Piccoli.

  • Jordan Baker
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Tamra Peel and her daugher Zoe have been home schooling during the lockdown.

Eagerness of children contrasts messy, ugly pandemic politics of education

Experts are hoping the coronavirus pandemic will be a catalyst for changing a fractured system.

  • Jordan Baker and Adam Carey
Smiles and balloons: Sandy Keyser is greeted by his principal Richard Blissenden at the school gates on Friday.

How COVID-19 exposed the fault lines in Australian education

Experts are hoping the coronavirus pandemic will be a catalyst for changing a fractured system.

  • Jordan Baker
Jade Stapleton with her sons Axel in Year 5 and Fox in Year 7 at Waverley College.

Year 5 is the new year 7 for enrolling at a private school

The trend, which has been noted by principals and families at public schools, is driven by parents' fear of missing out.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
If you live in Melbourne's inner-city, the leafy eastern suburbs or the bayside, your child's school is far more likely to be scoring above the national average on NAPLAN.

Two in five parents regret the school they chose for their kids

Parents base their choice on location and facilities, but many would choose differently if they had their time again, a new paper has found.

  • Jordan Baker

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