Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:14:34 GMT

Funding model to end school inequality. The Deputy Prime Minister wants to extend the model of funding private schools on a socio-economic basis to public schools in a move to confront disadvantage across both sectors. The proposal, expected to be addressed at the next Council of Australian Governments meeting, would involve extending the contentious SES funding model designed by the former Howard government to all Australian schools. The Australian, 15 March 2008. [School Education Headlines]