PolicyEconomyThe AFR ViewThe AFR ViewTurn up, tune in, and turn off to lift student performanceThe latest PISA results suggest some basic building blocks of good school practice have gone missing in Australia.Between 2013-14 and 2023-24, combined federal and state expenditure on Australian schools nearly doubled from $52 billion to $91 billion.Yet the additional tens of billions of dollars of “Give a Gonski” funding has failed to arrest the decline in Australian student performance on both national and international standardised tests.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Latest In EconomyFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In Policy
Turn up, tune in, and turn off to lift student performance
The latest PISA results suggest some basic building blocks of good school practice have gone missing in Australia.
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