Save Our Schools - Educational Research Briefs

SOS Education Policy Comment August 2022 Voucher Advocate Recants

SOS Education Policy Comment August 2022Labor Chooses Tax Cuts for the Rich Instead of Funding for Disadvantaged Schools

SOS Education Policy Comment June 2022 Fully Fund Public Schools to Increase Productivity

A Public Education Agenda for the New Education Minister 1 June 2022

SOS Education Policy Comment May 2022 Stuart Robert's Duplicities on School Funding and Outcomes Exposed

SOS Education Policy Comment May 2022 Labor Chooses Privilege Over Fairness in Education

SOS Education Research Paper April 2022 Wealthy Victorian Private Schools are Massively Over-Funded

SOS Education Research Paper April 2022 Exclusive WA Private Schools Massively Over-Funded by the Morrison Government

SOS Education Research Paper April 2022 Wealthy Qld Private Schools Massively Over-Funded by the Morrison Government

SOS Research Paper April 2022 Morrison Govt to Over-Fund NSW Private Schools by Nearly $1 Billion

SOS Education Policy Comment March 2022 Funding Crisis in NSW Public Schools

SOS Education Policy Comment March 2022 Public Schools in Victoria Face a Funding Crisis

SOS Education Research Brief March 2022 Money Works in Education

SOS Get Gonksi Back on Track

SOS Education Policy Comment February 2022 JobKeeper Gravy Train for Wealthy Perth Private Schools.

SOS Education Policy Comment February 2022 New School Funding Figures Put Pressure on Labor to Step Up for Public Schools

SOS Education Policy Comment January 2022 JobKeeper Gravy Train for Queensland Private Schools

SOS Education Policy Comment January 2022 JobKeeper Jackpot for Canberra Grammar

SOS Education Policy Comment January 2022 Shameless Greed of Wealthy Victorian Private Schools

SOS Education Policy Comment January 2022 NSW Private Schools Profited Millions from Jobkeeper

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Items of Interest, Research and Links

Free Financial Life Skills Resource for Students from The Wealth Academy

Financial wellbeing has never been more important for many Australian families.

Our developing collaboration with The Wealth Academy (TWA) will see Australian public schools receiving many free financial life skill resources during 2021. TWA's e-zine Teenfinca (teenage financial capability) is available for download here. The e-zine prompts middle and secondary students to start thinking about their financial future and encourages parents to have financial life skill conversations with their children. Click here for more information

The Big Five Executive Functions - Andrew Fuller

There are five skills that reliably predict success for children & teens. These skills put us in the ‘driver’s seat’ of life rather than being a passenger directed by others & are collectively known as ‘executive functions’.-says Andrew Fuller - Read the full article here

ATO Paying it forward teaching resource, K-6 - The Paying It Forward resource has been co-designed with primary school teachers, is aligned with the Australian and state curriculums, and includes 120 fun and engaging standalone activities for K-6 students in digital and printable formats.

Coronavirus Covid -19 Information and Links for Parents

Our ACSSO Director Sarah Jefferson shares 5 back to school tips: Please follow this link

ACER Review: Communicating Student Learning Progress - A Review of Student Reporting

Our ACSSO Director Fiona McGaughey contributed to the recent ACARA Blog with a parents view on Naplan

Parent-School Engagement during Family Separation or Divorce Research - by University of Southern Queensland - click here for parent information

Public School by Choice! - by the ACSSO team. We visited a local public school and chatted with the parents of these gorgeous little kindy's, a group of friends who met when they were babies. They told us why they chose their local public school -click here

Why are we throwing money at people who CHOOSE not to use public education? Why Indeed!