Australia’s 2024 school year commenced last week with the public education system under ferocious assault. This is not a new phenomenon—successive Labor and Liberal-National governments have for ...
The school year opens with educators in Australia confronting chronic underfunding, staff shortages, impossible workloads and ...
Education in Australia not only underpins the foundations of national power, but contributes to its international reach, diplomatic links, trade relations, and security.
Institutions and agents have largely welcomed Australia’s decision to close a loophole that allows international students to switch to cheaper providers shortly after arriving in the country, but some ...
Australia’s reputation for world-class schooling has dimmed over the past two decades. Once strong in international assessments, the 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results ...
Pasi Sahlberg does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
The Australian Universities Accord is a grandly named 12-month review seeking ideas to reform Australia’s higher education system for the next 30 years. Led by a prominent former vice-chancellor, ...
Recently an Australian parliamentary inquiry from the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters published its report, titled “From Classroom to Community.” The purpose of the inquiry was to ...
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Australia’s education fees are out of control

Australia’s high school education system has just made the global list for something no one wants: the most expensive. With the cost of sending a child to school in Australia four times higher than ...