Education
Tossers fail to grasp intricacies of Gillard's education revolution
Tony Wright There was a time - quite a while ago - when students fortunate enough to have a salami sandwich packed into their lunchboxes would hide it, fearful of racial profiling by dimwit bullies.
Coalition answer to the Gillard education crusade
Jewel Topsfield It seems the Prime Minister is on her own when it comes to an education ''crusade''.
Hero of disability and education just can't deliver
Amanda Vanstone My husband is one of those crazy guys who really, really likes cars. On holidays overseas he experiences genuine pleasure seeing hordes of flash cars that we might see only rarely in Australia.
Gay Alcorn
Going, going, Gonski: time running out for education reform
Gay Alcorn It is said that health reform was not something Barack Obama wanted to achieve as President of the United States; it was the reason he was President of the United States.
Geoff Masters
PM's education goals mired in underachievement
Geoff Masters In her address to the National Press Club in September, the Prime Minister set an ambitious goal for the nation.
Brian Caldwell
Substance in the education rhetoric
Brian Caldwell The state government has released a position paper that adds substance to its commitment to lift the performance of Victoria's students.
Anthony Welch
Asia not all it's cracked up to be in education
Anthony Welch Are we really focusing on the right goal, Prime Minister? Yes, of course we want our children to perform well in education and fulfil their potential.
Nicholas Gruen
GDP's blind spots ignore full impact of education spending
Nicholas Gruen There's plenty wrong with gross domestic product as a measure of national wellbeing. As Bobby Kennedy said, it measures everything in life except what's most important.
The Loaded Dog
Private vs public education
With education expenditure a hot topic, the Loaded Dog asked whether Australia spends too much on private school funding at the expense of the public system.
Shaun Carney
Leaders in epic fail on education
Shaun Carney Politicians should resist middle class expectations about their entitlement to a highly subsidised private education.
Kenneth Davidson
Recipe for education apartheid
Kenneth Davidson It has been truly said: every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost. The Gonski report on school funding concluded that restoring equity across the three systems (public, Catholic and...
Gerard Henderson
Well-off get a free ride on taxpayer for children's education
Gerard Henderson These days, it's all the fashion to condemn middle class welfare - except when such largesse is enjoyed by relatively well-off parents who educate their children in a government school.
Parents the X-factor in education rankings
Paul Sheehan To not care about lifting up the poor schools is to not care about the Australian ethos of egalitarianism.
Lenore Taylor
Abbott makes a con into a pro and backtracks on education promises
Lenore Taylor In trying to sidestep the political tripwires in Labor's budget, the Coalition has got itself into a tangle.
Ross Gittins
Education success is about more than money
Ross Gittins Much smarter ways of improving teaching could deliver big gains for a small cost.
Kenneth Davidson
Poorer schools the losers in Rudd's 'education revolution'
Kenneth Davidson The government's programs merely entrench inequality and disadvantage.
New broom can make a mess
Jack Waterford Nothing erodes effectiveness more than constant reorganisation, rebadging and reshuffling at the top
Gillard brought voters' contempt upon herself
Amanda Vanstone The hubris of the PM has presented Tony Abbott the election on a plate.
Analysis
Cuts gathering on horizon if Abbott takes the reins
Peter Martin The age pension is just one of the payments that could face a shake-up under his regime.
How an Abbott government may run the economy
Peter Martin What would Tony Abbott do? As with all potential prime ministers there's no way to be sure. But thanks to an unusual instance of history repeating, we've been given an unusually clear idea of what...
