PUBLIC VS PRIVATE ???

Will we ever get it right? Will the Government made the hard decisions necessary?

A once-in-a-generation chance to reform our education system is released.
Can you believe it?  Australia is now the third worst country in the OECD for the proportion of our education budget we spend on public education. We must put more money into the teaching and learning that will help the kids who start out with less catch up." from Please, Prime Minister, More?In the article Private School Review Row Richmond MP Justine Elliot said the review would leave no private school worse off. “The aim of the Gonski Review of Funding of Schooling is to achieve a system that is transparent, fair, financially sustainable and effective in promoting the achievement and well-being of all students in all schools.”SAVE OUR SCHOOLS   SOS - Fighting for Equity in EducationMedia Release  School Funding Review    stated:  "It is absolutely absurd that the chairman of an elite private school has been appointed to decide the future funding of private and government schools. The conflict of interest is overwhelming." Gonski review: Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt on Australia’s problem with science educationThe Conversation spoke with Nobel Laureate, Brian Schmidt, about the state of science education in Australian schools and what impact the Gonski review can have on ensuring all students get the possible opportunity to learn. Schmidt states: "It is a big change and it is a hard change and we shouldn’t underestimate that. This is not an easy thing to fix and it is something that will take ten years to implement and get teachers through, but the benefits will last for 50 years." Schmidt also asks THE question, in my opinion: We are one of the richest countries in the world, why should we be mediocre in our education when the OECD says that is the best way to make a country rich?