As more money is flagged for WA schools, what does ‘fully funded’ really mean?
- Written by Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
It’s back-to-school time for students and staff across Australia. But the politics of school funding has also turned up at the front gate.
On Wednesday, Federal Education Minister Jason Clare told nearly 325,000 Western Australian students and their families that by 2026, theirs will be “the first state in Australia to fully fund public...





