| 8.30-9.00 | Registration and refreshments |
| 9.00-10.00 | Session One: The public good and the education of children
Chair: President, ACSSO
Presenter: Geoffrey Robertson QC - Human rights lawyer, academic, author and Broadcaster |
| 10.00-11.00 | Session Two: Past and present - the changing framework for public education
Chair: President, ASPA
The free-market and the increasing divide - Trevor Cobbold - Convenor, Save Our Schools (ACT)
Impacts of the marketplace - Chris Bonnor, co-author, The Stupid Country
Synthesis and response - TBA |
| 11.00-11.30 | Morning tea |
| 11.30-13.00 | Session Three: The future - re-positioning public education in contemporary Australia
Chair: President, AGPPA
Economic costs and benefits - Adam Rorris, Education economist and policy analyst
The educational/social framework - Lyndsay Connors, Hon Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney
The financial framework - Jim McMorrow, Honorary Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
Synthesis and response - TBA |
| 13.00-13.45 | Lunch |
| 13.45-14.45 | Session Four: For all children - achieving quality and equity in Australian schooling
Chair: Jane Caro, Social commentator and author
Presenter: Gerard Noonan, Prev. Comm editor & senior writer, Sydney Morning Herald
Comments: Michael Bachelard, Investigative reporter, The Age
Justine Ferrari, Education Writer, The Australian
Maralyn Parker, Education Columnist, The Daily Telegraph
Synthesis and response - TBA |
| 14.45-15.30 | Session Five: United for the public good and the education of children
Chair: President AEU
Presenters:
Forum Synopsis - Tony Vinson, Honorary Professor, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, and Emeritus Professor, University of NSW
The Forum Communique - Presidents of the peak organizations speaking to the agreed Communique. |
