Media Release - New National Education Goals Are Fatally Contradictory

Posted on Wednesday January 28, 2009

A policy brief issued today by the public education advocacy group, Save Our Schools, claims that the new national education goals promulgated at the end of 2008 are fatally contradictory and fail on equity. >> Read on...

Media Release - League Tables Are on the Way

Posted on Tuesday January 13, 2009

The public education advocacy group, Save Our Schools, says that the Federal Government has deceived the public about the introduction of school league tables. >> Read on...

SOS Welcomes Government Back-Flip on Small Schools

Posted on Monday January 12, 2009

Save Our Schools today congratulated the ACT Government on its new-found commitment to small schools. >> Read on...

The Achievement Gap in Higher Education

Posted on Friday December 5, 2008

A report issued by Universities Australia shows that students from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds have much lower rates of participation in higher education in Australia than higher SES students. >> Read on...

Media Release - "Creative Confusion" By Mr Klein

Posted on Monday November 24, 2008

Save Our Schools today challenged the claims of visiting New York City Schools Chancellor, Joel Klein, about large increases in school performance shown in newly published report cards for the City’s schools.

SOS convenor, Trevor Cobbold, said that the results strain credibility and there are suspicions that school grades have been manipulated to boost results. >> Read on...

New York Is Not Working

Posted on Thursday November 13, 2008

A research paper released today by Save Our Schools (SOS) refutes claims by the Federal Education Minister that reforms to the New York City school system have produced “remarkable outcomes”.

Trevor Cobbold, spokesman for the Canberra-based public education advocacy group, said that Julia Gillard’s claims are “just plain wrong”. >> Read on...

Media Release 9 October 2008 - Gillard Should Come Clean on School Reports

Posted on Thursday October 9, 2008

Save Our Schools, has called on the Education Minister, Julia Gillard, to release details of her controversial school performance reporting plan. >> Read on...

More Questions Raised About the New York School Reporting Model

Posted on Friday September 26, 2008

More questions are being raised about the validity and reliability of the New York system of reporting school performance, which Julia Gillard wants to introduce in Australian schools. >> Read on...

Media Release 23 June 2008 - Government Divided on School Site Sell-Off

Posted on Tuesday June 24, 2008

Save Our Schools has called on the ACT Government to clarify its position on the sell-off of closed school sites. >> Read on...

Media Release 23 June 2008 - Communities Face Sell-Off of Green Space Around Closed Schools

Posted on Tuesday June 24, 2008

Save Our Schools today released figures which show that over 70% of ‘green space’ of 8 closed school sites is being considered for sale by the ACT Government. >> Read on...

Media Release 10 June 2008 - School Consultation Contract Didn’t Go To Public Tender

Posted on Wednesday June 11, 2008

Save Our Schools today called on the Acting Chief Minister to explain why the contract for the latest school site consultation was not subject to public tender. >> Read on...

Media Release 30 May 2008 - Rich Families Benefit Most from Over-Funding of Private Schools

Posted on Friday May 30, 2008

A study of the SES funding model for private schools released today shows that two-thirds of all private school students are over-funded and that schools serving the wealthiest families are vastly more over-funded than those serving low income families. >> Read on...

Media Release 11 May 2008 - SOS calls for halt on school site sales

Posted on Monday May 12, 2008

Save Our Schools has called for a moratorium on any closed school site modifications, consultations, tenders, demolitions, sales or re-zonings until after the October ACT Election.

“Any final decisions on closed school sites would be premature this close to an election, especially given that consultation to date has been so restrictive,” said Jane Tullis, Save Our Schools spokesperson. >> Read on...

Media Release 9 May 2008 - Budget Deceit Covers Up Real Cuts in Govt. School Funding

Posted on Friday May 9, 2008

Save Our Schools has accused the Stanhope Government of cutting funding to government schools in real terms in its latest Budget. < >> Read on...

Media Release 1 April 2008 - Common Sense on Lyons, Please!

Posted on Wednesday April 2, 2008

Save Our Schools today has called on the Minister for Education, Andrew Barr, to display some common sense in the renovation of Lyons primary school. >> Read on...

Media Release 26 March 2008 - Report Shows Stanhope Govt. Fails on Education

Posted on Thursday March 27, 2008

The report on student performance in the ACT by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is a devastating indictment of the performance of the Stanhope Government in education. >> Read on...

Media Release 24 March 2007 -Stanhope Government has Fostered the Drift to Private Schools

Posted on Tuesday March 25, 2008

The Stanhope Government stands accused of of actively promoting the drift of enrolments to private schools. >> Read on...

Media Release 21 March 2008- School Closures Fail to Stem Drift to Private Schools

Posted on Saturday March 22, 2008

Save Our Schools says that the new ACT School Census figures show that the Stanhope Government’s school closure plan has failed to stem the drift to private schools in the ACT. >> Read on...

Forum on the Future of Public Education in the ACT

Posted on Sunday March 16, 2008

The ACT Public Education Alliance is hosting a forum on the future of Public Education in the ACT to be held on Thursday 27 March 2008, 5:00-7:00pm at the National Press Club on National Circuit, Barton >> Read on...

Media Release 12 March 2008 - Barr admission raises serious questions over school sites

Posted on Wednesday March 12, 2008

Education and Planning Minister Andrew Barr’s admission in recent days that he has already changed land use at some of the schools he closed raises serious questions of conflict of interest, breach of due process and misleading the public. >> Read on...

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