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CIS research into school funding aims to ensure that the taxpayers’ money is spent wisely and on policy and initiatives that provide genuine education outcomes for students and the wider Australian community.

Opposition to for-profit schools based on ideology, not fact
Trisha JhaAugust 31, 2015Canberra Times

Suggest that maybe schools being run for profit isn’t such a bad idea, and you’re...

School funding report makes flawed case for full Gonski reforms
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 4, 2015The Australian

As we pass the halfway mark of the four year federal education budget cycle, attention...

Fees for state schools: don’t jump to conclusions
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJune 22, 2015ABC The Drum

There are few things more likely to ignite passionate opinions than school funding. Even a...

School funding mess no surprise
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJanuary 23, 2015

The key findings of the latest OECD report Education Policy Outlook 2015 – that school...

Education funding hasn’t been cut – fantasy has
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMay 20, 2014ABC The Drum

According to media reports, state governments are up in arms about ‘cuts’ in funding to...

Why can’t wealthy parents pay for public schooling?
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMay 5, 2014ABC The Drum

A Venn diagram of people who support the idea of high income parents being asked...

The Fantasy of Gonski Funding: The ongoing battle over school spending
Blaise JosephApril 30, 2017RR26

The Gonski Report has not been implemented – there is no such thing as ‘Gonski...

One School Does Not Fit All
Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Trisha JhaJanuary 31, 2016Research Report 9

Australia has a relatively large degree of choice between schools, a product of historical private...

School Funding on a Budget
Jennifer Buckingham OAMApril 30, 2014T30.09

Government expenditure on schools has more than doubled in real terms in the last 25...

The future of education — a structural perspective
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 22, 2013

AISNSW Executive Conference, Killcare NSW Thursday 22 August 2013 The Centre for Independent Studies For...

School Funding, Choice and Equity
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 26, 2011IA126

School funding is plagued by inconsistencies and divisiveness. Its complexity has led to widespread misinformation...

In Defence of Non-Government Schools
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 2, 2009IA112

The Rudd Labor government has so far taken a hands-off approach to the issue of...

It is no sin to be rich
Samuel GreggMay 26, 2000Business review Weekly

A discussion of the morality of wealth is timely. In the past year, there has...

Schools Need to be Truly ‘Public’
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMay 7, 2000

Discussions about the future of education in Australia tend to be constricted by a narrow...

Beyond the Classroom: How Parents Influence Their Children’s Education
Alison RichMarch 15, 2000

In a society that demands a high level of education and skill for a successful...

Education fieldwork assistant
August 4, 1921

  Please apply by email to jblack@cis.org.au An opportunity exists to provide fieldwork assistance to...

Interactive Snapshot – Exposing the stealth tax: the bracket creep rip-off
December 10, 1900

SCROLL DOWN TO ACTIVATE THE GRAPHS Robert Carling and Michael Potter Bracket creep is automatically...

Beyond Romanticism: Questioning the Green Gospel
Samuel GreggNovember 30, 0001

Over the past forty years, environmentalism has emerged as one of the major political movements...

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Productivity Commission Inquiry Into Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice into Human Services: Submission in response to issues paper
Trisha JhaJuly 1, 2016CIS Submission

The Human Services Inquiry is ‘examining policy options in the human services sector that incorporate...

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