Tag: school funding

More Cash but Australian Schools Don’t Make the Grade

Students are struggling and so are teachers. That’s the conclusion of a scathing review into Australia’s education sector with the number of students failing literacy and numeracy standards not budging despite extra funding being pumped into schools. The Productivity Commission review of the National School Reform Agreement found almost 90,000 students each year failed to meet minimum…


Probe Into Elite Sydney School’s Spending

An elite private school that charges $25,000 a year to educate seven-year-olds is under investigation into possible misuse of taxpayer funds. The King’s School in Sydney reportedly planned to install a plunge pool at the headmaster’s residence and sent the school’s senior staff to attend a British rowing event. Those reports have sparked an inquiry…