Fixing Education Funding: Did Gonski Get It Right?

Will the landmark Gonski review change anything in Australian schools? Come along to this public forum organised by the Australian Fabian Society to hear passionate education reformers Maxine McKew, Frank Sal and myself.  It’s on April 18 at the Melbourne Conference Centre. More information and online registration here.

 

A fair go in education?

How fair is Australia’s education system? Are all children getting a fair go? These are the questions that Insight – Australia’s leading current affairs discussion program – will explore. I’m honoured to be joining educators, students, parents, Schools Minister Peter Garrett and other experts as a guest on the program. It will be broadcast on SBS on April second at 8:30pm. Click here to join the debate or here for more information on other guests and alternative viewing times.

UPDATE: Transcript now available.

 

Ignoring – wilfully or not – the Gonski review’s conclusions

My response to the Australian government’s much anticipated, two-year review into school funding. I highlight the fact that the government and all commentators have regretfully ignored the review’s central conclusions. Read it here on the ABC’s Drum Unleashed website.

Update: Misha Shubert, federal political editor for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald newspapers discussed and quoted my article in her opinion piece. I also had the privilege of chatting on ABC radio about the Gonski review and other educational policies.

 

Bronwyn Hinz researches and teaches public policy and Australian politics at the University of Melbourne, where she is completing a PhD on school funding and federalism. Her innovative research has won her multiple national and international awards, and a Visiting Scholar position at Columbia University in New York last year. Her book, Many Hopes, One Dream was published in 2009 by Australian Scholarly Publishing and launched by former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and former Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner.  This was the first book written on Australia's united ethnic movement and has been described as essential reading for those wishing to understand Australia's rapid and harmonious transformation to become a multicultural nation.

Bronwyn is a contributor to the ABC’s Drum Unleashed, Uneek magazine, and a regular guest on SBS French radio. She has worked for two federal politicians, including Senator Kim Carr, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research; Per Capita; the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria; the Contemporary Europe Research Centre; and the Education Foundation. She holds degrees from the University of Melbourne and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, better known as Sciences Po.

Her research covers Australian politics, comparative public policy, education reform, federalism, governance, interest groups and multiculturalism. Bronwyn is based in Melbourne and available for comment, written analysis and speaking engagements worldwide.

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