exclusiveGonski a gift for public schools
STEFANIE BALOGHState schools will gain and Catholic schools will lose if Malcolm Turnbull’s Gonksi 2.0 reforms pass the Senate.
EXCLUSIVELeyonhjelm backs off on Gonski
STEFANIE BALOGHThe Liberal Democrat senator asked for modelling from the Parliamentary Budget Office on the changes.
Missing Year 12 costs billions
STEFANIE BALOGHYoung Australians who are not learning or earning and remain disengaged leave an enormous fiscal and social drag in their wake.
Gonski deal hinges on watchdog
STEFANIE BALOGHThe Greens are pushing for an independent watchdog to monitor Gonski school funding as a condition of their support.
exclusiveThe elite schools set to lose
STEFANIE BALOGH, PAIGE TAYLORMore than 100 schools will receive less federal funding as part of the PM’s education reforms | SCHOOL SEARCH
Just another click in the wall
STEFANIE BALOGHPeter West, the director of eLearning at Saint Stephen’s College, emphasises learning ahead of technology.
Catholics hit MPs on funding
STEFANIE BALOGHThe Catholic education system is making an 11th-hour bid to win over MPs on school funding reforms.
Funding shift ?to save $660m’
STEFANIE BALOGHSlashing the planned 10-year time frame to reduce over-funded schools would save more than $660 million.
?ID radical students’
STEFANIE BALOGHA former teacher is calling on the NSW government to hold a sweeping inquiry into the ?broken’ education system.
exclusiveLabor questions funding shortfall
STEFANIE BALOGHLabor is questioning the funding method for students with a disability from next year.
School funds policy ?bad, flawed’
STEFANIE BALOGHCatholic education leaders have skewered school funding reforms as ?bad public policy’ built on a flawed model.
ExclusiveKick back at ?political football’
STEFANIE BALOGHCatholic education is hitting back at claims it engages in a reverse Robin Hood-style redistribution of funding.
When will we ever learn?
STEFANIE BALOGHDespite record amounts of funding, our students’ results are still falling behind in international comparisons.
?Poorer schools to subsidise rich’
STEFANIE BALOGHLutheran Education Australia’s business manager, says a number of schools are facing a ?funding cliff’.
Elite to get more if bill fails
STEFANIE BALOGHThe 24 most overfunded elite schools can reap an extra $322m if the bill fails.
exclusiveCatholic parents in cash backlash
STEFANIE BALOGHCatholic-school parents are being urged to demand the federal government abandon school funding reforms.
Jews join Catholics over Gonski
STEFANIE BALOGHJewish schools are echoing the concerns of Catholic education over the way ?means test’’ data is used.
exclusiveHoward bid to settle schools row
DENNIS SHANAHAN, STEFANIE BALOGHTalks are under way between the government and Catholics to hose down the ?war’ rhetoric over school funding reforms.
?Teacher judgment’ key to cash
STEFANIE BALOGH, RICK MORTONFederal funding for students with a disability will be linked to ?unreliable data based on teacher judgment’.
HSC pathway for scientists
STEFANIE BALOGHNSW students who excel at science will have even greater opportunities to become world-leading scientists.
Parents back ?fair’ reforms
STEFANIE BALOGHThe national body representing parents who send their children to public schools has backed the Gonski 2 reforms.
Taxpayer footed $3.6m care rort
STEFANIE BALOGH, RICK MORTONMelissa Jade Higgins was motivated by greed, defrauding $3.6 million from taxpayers as part of a family daycare scam.
Plane probe ?independent’
Stefanie BaloghMalcolm Turnbull has stressed an investigation into the use of a plane by One Nation is conducted independently.
exclusiveSchools funding in danger
DAVID CROWE, STEFANIE BALOGHThe government’s $18.6bn school funding plan is hanging by a thread as key Senate voting blocs harden their opposition.
Exclusive?Catholic system in danger’
STEFANIE BALOGHThe Catholic education sector says it has no choice but to fight for the future of low-fee Catholic schools.
Teens going backwards on money
STEFANIE BALOGHThe ability of Australian teenagers to understand their personal finances has fallen compared to three years ago.
exclusiveMenzies’ school ?victim of cut’
SIMON BENSON, STEFANIE BALOGHJames Merlino has accused the Turnbull government of targeting the Catholic schools sector unfairly.
exclusiveCatholics united against fees
STEFANIE BALOGH, GABRIEL POLYCHRONISCatholic school principals are warning Canberra they ?stand in solidarity’ with their school communities.
exclusive?Give a Gonski’ support falls
STEFANIE BALOGHThe teachers union has been urged to dump its ?I Give a Gonski’ campaign amid evidence of fading support.
Indigenous academics’ ?new rigour’
STEFANIE BALOGHAcademic Ian Anderson tells The Deal this week that Australia is at ?an intersection’ in indigenous affairs.
