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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.

Gabbling about Gonski funding
Blaise JosephFebruary 24, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

‘Giving a Gonski’ has become a slogan for ‘caring’ about education but seemingly without bothering...

Familiar bleats for more funding
Blaise JosephFebruary 1, 2017The Spectator - Flat White

An education policy that doesn’t include lavishing more money on schools? Outrageous! That’s been the...

School funding should be without fear or favour
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 1, 2016The Australian - Inquirer

The collective gasp that resonated around the country when federal education minister Simon Birmingham said...

Funding fails to pay off in student results
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 5, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

While there has been some improvement in mean scores in Years 3 and 5 since...

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...

Improve education, but don’t fund more waste
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJune 24, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

Recent arguments in favour of a large increase in school funding have cited the ‘Gonski’...

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...

Government is no Santa: the costs of stimulus
John HumphreysNovember 30, 0001Online Opinion

The government stimulus might look good now, but the long term consequence will be upward...

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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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