New Public Education Foundation website launched
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 public education and promoting the value and reputation of our public schools. With the increasing number and reach of our scholarship programs, we hope the new design will ensure that scholarship information is more easily accessible and it is more straightforward to [...]
Capital Chemist Supporting Canberra Public School Students
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 and special talents and abilities. The Capital Chemist College scholarships are an investment in our young people and are designed to assist students with their further education expenses as they enter their final year of schooling. Over the past 14 years the [...]
February E-news
We hope you have settled well into the new school year. Today we announce the launch of the Minister's and Secretary's Awards for Excellence. These awards provide opportunities for NSW Public Schools to celebrate their best and brightest, most innovative and dedicated. There are six award categories: • Minister’s Award for Excellence in Student Achievement • Minister’s Award for Excellence in Teaching • Secretary’s Award for Excellent Service • Secretary’s Award for an Outstanding School Initiative [...]
PEF recognises Adrian Piccoli’s contribution to NSW public schools
30 January 2017 The Public Education Foundation acknowledges the enormous contribution made by Adrian Piccoli, the outgoing Minister for Education in NSW, to excellence and equity in NSW education. During his six years as Minister for Education, Mr Piccoli has championed education throughout the state. He led the country in implementing the Gonski funding reforms that brought additional funding to disadvantaged schools, and implemented reforms to bolster teacher quality and improve literacy and numeracy standards. “Mr Piccoli [...]
Getting to know PEF’s new Executive Director, David Hetherington
22 November 2016: We are excited to have David Hetherington join our team. David is passionate about public education and brings a wealth of public policy experience to the role. Let’s get to know him a bit better. Tell me about where you grew up and your schooling? I grew up in middle ring suburbs in Sydney in Chatswood – a very typical suburban middle class up-bringing at a public primary school. I spent a bit of [...]
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