A new study by Independent Schools Queensland has found that 42% of parents with kids at public schools would switch them to private education if cost were no object. Perhaps it’s time to question the common wisdom of public schools as the “norm”, suggests Andrew Norton.
Public education
Why don’t teachers send their kids to public schools?
Studies have found that Sydney school teachers are less likely to send their children to government schools than the average parent, reports Andrew Leigh. Is hope fading for the public system when even educators won’t support it?
IPA: What’s wrong with a few Golden Arches in schools?
Australians should welcome the sponsorship of companies like McDonald’s for education programs in our cash-starved schools, says the Institute of Public Affairs’ Carolyn Popp. No-one’s forcing Big Macs down kids’ throats.
Lowbottom High Diaries: Student refugees of the GFC
Casualties of the economic shipwreck are washing up at the entrance of Lowbottom in increasing numbers, writes Trevor Diogenes.
The NSW state school renaissance
The NSW middle class has taken swift steps to ease mounting financial stress by pulling their kids out of private schools — and the public system isn’t coping, writes Alex Mitchell.
