Senior lecturer, University of Melbourne
Jessica Gerrard is Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne. She researches the relationship of education to social change and politics, with a particular interest in issues surrounding equity, public policy and work.
More money for private schools won't make Australia's education fairer, no matter how you split it
Mar 06, 2020 08:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
In recent days the federal government announced a new funding formula for non-government schools. Called the Direct Measure of Income, the formula will base the level of government funding on school parents incomes rather...
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