SCHOOL FUNDING: Giving parents greater choice*

Voucher funding for schools can help poorer families by giving them more choice in education, writes John Ballantyne. Parents should receive the same government funding for their child’s education, regardless of whether the child goes to a government or private school, former competition watchdog chief Allan Fels has proposed.Addressing a Sydney conference on the future of education, Fels said that it was time for Australia to introduce a voucher scheme that would allow parents to receive e…

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