Fighting for Equity in Education

Choice or Equity in Education?

Posted on Saturday August 23, 2008

Choice has failed the promise of its advocates to improve education outcomes and that it has not only deflected education systems from dealing with the major challenge of inequity in education, but has exacerbated inequity. < >> Read on...

Social Equity in Education as a National Goal

Posted on Sunday August 3, 2008

Save Our Schools supports the social equity goal of the existing National Goals for Schooling. It opposes replacing this goal with the much weaker commitment to high quality schooling free of discrimination as proposed in the draft National Declaration on the Goals for Schooling. >> Read on...

More Meaningless Rhetoric on Community Consultation

Posted on Sunday July 27, 2008

The Chief Minister’s proposals for the reform of community consultation processes in the ACT amount to more meaningless rhetoric from a Government under pressure. >> Read on...

Do Smaller Classes Make a Difference and is it Cost Effective?

Posted on Sunday July 27, 2008

The Liberal Party proposal to reduce class sizes from about 30 to 21 in Years 4-6 in government schools will be popularly received. However, across the board reductions in class sizes are expensive and there are more cost effective ways to improve student outcomes. < >> Read on...

Media Release 23 June 2008 - Government Divided on School Site Sell-Off

Posted on Monday June 23, 2008

Save Our Schools has called on the ACT Government to clarify its position on the sell-off of closed school sites. >> Read on...

Media Release 23 June 2008 - Communities Face Sell-Off of Green Space Around Closed Schools

Posted on Monday June 23, 2008

Save Our Schools today released figures which show that over 70% of ‘green space’ of 8 closed school sites is being considered for sale by the ACT Government. >> Read on...

ACT Government is in a Dither over Closed School Sites

Posted on Wednesday June 18, 2008

The ACT Government is in a complete dither about what to do with the closed school sites. >> Read on...

Media Release 10 June 2008 - School Consultation Contract Didn’t Go To Public Tender

Posted on Tuesday June 10, 2008

Save Our Schools today called on the Acting Chief Minister to explain why the contract for the latest school site consultation was not subject to public tender. >> Read on...

Media Release 30 May 2008 - Rich Families Benefit Most from Over-Funding of Private Schools

Posted on Thursday May 29, 2008

A study of the SES funding model for private schools released today shows that two-thirds of all private school students are over-funded and that schools serving the wealthiest families are vastly more over-funded than those serving low income families. >> Read on...

SOS Briefing Paper - Minister for Education Disowns Budget Figures