23 February 2016: Recently, many of us have read or heard about the Safe Schools Coalition. In their own words, they are '… a national coalition of organisations and schools working together to create safe and inclusive school environments for same sex attracted, intersex and gender diverse students, staff and families.' No school is obliged to support the coalition, or to co-operate with it. Instead, schools can choose to seek advice, support or training from the coalition [...]

Opinion by Nathan Rees, Chief Executive SBS documentary Struggle Street provided a strong reminder of just how essential a good public school system is. Life for William, Bob and Billy Jo may have been very different had they been better educated, writes Nathan Rees. Earlier this week I had lunch with a good friend of mine for 30 years, Wayne. He was born and bred in Mt Druitt, and inevitably we spent some time talking about Struggle [...]

21 April 2015: Our Board member Jane Caro writes about why public funding of private schools hurts us all. What do women and public schools have in common? We pay them less but expect them to do more. “I have often mused over the parallels between the way we see public schools in Australia and the way we see women. We pay women less but expect them to do much more. Public schools are chronically underfunded, yet teach [...]

27 January 2015: The Public Education Foundation has hailed the appointment of its founding chair, Jenni Neary, as a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia, in the Australia Day Honours list. The award has been made to recognize her significant service to public education. The Foundation has grown from strength to strength since it was established in 2008. It focuses on awarding scholarships to public school students that will extend and enhance their [...]