Education Funders Peer Network

The Education Funders Peer Network meeting will provide a summary of the August workshop in Canberra and hear from guest speakers ‍Chris Bonnor AM, Tom Greenwell and Dr Michele Bruniges, who will provide another angle on education inequity in Australian schools.

Chris and Tom will unpack this recently published report “Lessons from Canada: An Equal School System is Possible”, which examines Ontario’s common framework for resourcing and regulation across all schools, government and faith-based, to promote inclusion, equity, and socio-economic diversity. We’ll contrast this with Quebec’s experience that has lessons for Australia.

Michele will share findings from her Paul Ramsay Foundation Fellowship, “Disrupting Disadvantage in Australian Schools”, on changes in the concentrations of disadvantage in Australian schools over time, their effects on students, and how they might be addressed. Her presentation and the discussion will focus on the high-ranked topic in the survey: addressing concentrations of disadvantage in schools.

Speakers:

• Chris Bonnor AM- co-author of report “Lessons from Canada, an equal school system is possible
• Tom Greenwell – co-author of report “Lessons from Canada, an equal school system is possible
• Dr Michele Bruniges AM – Chair of the Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership

Audience: This meeting is for the Education Funders Peer Network members.

We welcome Philanthropy Australia Engage (individual/organisation) and Impact members who are funding education or interested in funding education. Please register or reach out to [email protected].

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