Australia’s ‘Gonski Review’ of school funding
Australia’s Federal Labor government can expect a major headache come Monday. Pundits of all stripes are limbering up for the expected fracas that will erupt when the Government releases their long awaited commissioned report on school funding, and their response to it. The report, written by a panel headed by University of NSW Chancellor David Gonski, is expected to recommend a serious shake-up to the current funding system.
It is timely then to consider some of the ethical issues that arise when it comes to questions of school choice and school funding.