Fellows Chris Bonnor and Bernie Shepard continue to feature prominently in ongoing school funding debates

The analysis of our Fellows Chris Bonnor and Bernie Shepard continues to underpin the ongoing debate over the discrepancies in funding levels between Australian public, private and Catholic schools.

The opinion and analysis of Chris and Bernie on unfair funding featured prominently in The Age again this week following Education Minister Simon Birmingham’s appearance and comments on ABC’s Q&A programme. For Chris, Minister Birmingham’s acknowledgement that some private schools are “over-funded” is a very welcome development in the “very bruising debate” over funding inequality. Systemic funding inequities are particularly pronounced in Victoria as shown by Chris and Bernie’s data. As Minister Birmingham commences negotiations with his state and territory counterparts, Chris and Bernie call for a logical and fair funding framework to be implemented.

Read the two pieces in The Age here and here.

Chris also wrote an editorial for CPD Fellow John Menadue’s blog recapping and analysing an eventful week which saw “one school funding revelation after another”. Read it here.

Read Chris and Bernie’s full report Uneven Playing Field: The State of Australia’s Schools here.

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