As the federal government shies away from the full funding of Gonski, the successes of the model are becoming clearer.

Roz Ward speaks for the first time about the concerted attacks on her character and the Safe Schools program she leads.

Despite a campaign to develop better support services for victims of sexual assault on campus, students say universities are more concerned for their own reputation.

The Australian Christian Lobby has a high profile as a religious organisation seeking to influence government policy, but are its claims of intolerance and censorship a sign it realises it is out of step with a secular society?

As incoming vice-chancellor of the Australian National University, Nobel prize winner Brian Schmidt has a clear vision of how to take Australian achievements into the stratosphere.

Covert negotiations, whispered announcements and an awkward about-face reveal a political agenda behind reaching consensus.

He calls himself a ‘fixer’ but Christopher Pyne’s achievements heading the Coalition’s education portfolio have done nothing to support this school of thought.

A remote NT community where Aboriginal children still aren’t going to school highlights the failure to "close the gap”.

The death of a political icon made Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s push for deregulation of university fees even harder to sell.

If Rupert Murdoch had put politics aside to support the education reforms he deemed urgent, Julia Gillard’s Gonski funding model might now be in place. Instead, Abbott and Pyne are restoring privilege.