By David Hetherington, Executive Director, Public Education Foundation You just can’t script it. Trump’s 100 days an unparalleled success. Teresa May declares war on Brussels. And for a fresh set of eyes on Australian education [...]
10 May 2017: The Public Education Foundation (PEF) welcomes some small steps forward in education funding in the 2017 Budget, but remains deeply concerned by the overall direction of the Government’s new policy. As outlined [...]
The Public Education Foundation is preparing to showcase the best and the brightest from our public schools at our annual celebration of public education. We would be delighted if you could join us at this [...]
24 April 2017: WHAT does Barack Obama, Bill Gates, John F Kennedy and Bribie Island State High School principal Brett Burgess have in common? Come spring, they will all have studied in the hallowed halls [...]
11 April 2017: A BASS Hill principal is set to travel to the United States to take part in a prestigious scholarship at the Harvard University. Three outstanding principals from across Australia are off to [...]
8 April 2017: By Pallavi Singhal, Sydney Morning Herald As many as 10 brawls a week, children walking out of class whenever they felt like it and teachers refusing to set foot in certain [...]
7 April 2017: The Public Education Foundation, Teachers Mutual Bank and the Harvard Club of Australia are excited to announce the 2017 Harvard Club of Australia Scholars. The three outstanding principals from across Australia are [...]
Kim Harding and Irene Miller established the Harding Miller Education Foundation after selling Kim’s business in 2014. Both Kim and Irene have been long term champions of the education of girls and of public education. In [...]
16 March 2017: The Public Education Foundation team is excited to launch a new website today. The revised website is designed to better support the Foundation’s work in providing life-changing scholarships to young people in [...]
3 March 2017: This evening, on behalf of Capital Chemist, ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry MLA awarded 31 of our public school students with scholarships for their commitment in the fields of academic excellence, citizenship [...]
