http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/chris-bonnor/ Chris Bonnor AM is a contributing author to the Centre for Policy Development’s recent publication More Than Luck: Ideas Australia needs now. Chris is co-author with Jane Caro of The Stupid Country – How Australia is dismantling public education (UNSW Press), a former high school principal and former President of the NSW Secondary Principals Council. He also manages a media monitoring website on education issues. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/school-funding-review-faces-an-uphill-battle/ Barely a week goes by without yet another controversy about the funding of schools, most recently over high-fee school profits and school assets. High-fee schools in particular aren’t excited by the prospect of increased scrutiny of either on the My School website. But such scrutiny might be delayed for some time and this might ease their discomfort: In the time it takes to get the information correct they’ll be able to flex their considerable lobbying muscles to make sure it doesn’t happen.  feedback@thepunch.com.au (Chris Bonnor) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/school-funding-review-faces-an-uphill-battle/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/school-funding-review-faces-an-uphill-battle/#item6402 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:45:24 +0000 Chris Bonnor | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-school-2.0-might-actually-tell-us-something-useful/ This is the third in a series of essays adapted from the Centre for Policy Development book, More Than Luck: Ideas Australia needs now. Now that the kinks are being fixed, what will version 2.0 of the controversial My Schools website actually tell us about our education system, asks Chris Bonnor. For students, teachers and parents, each school year carries all the atmosphere and expectations of a new beginning – a clean slate on which to score the year’s learning and achievement. The beginning of last year was accompanied by the launching and immediate crash of the My School website. It staggered back on its feet and sustained millions of hits from the curious, accolades of support from the media and columns of analysis from both supporters and opponents. After a while, and following an industrial skirmish, the excitement subsided - but concerns about the accuracy and efficacy of the site increased when its flaws were subject to closer scrutiny. The Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (ACARA)  came under siege, not only from a host of critics but also from a Senate inquiry and from the State education ministers. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Chris Bonnor) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-school-2.0-might-actually-tell-us-something-useful/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-school-2.0-might-actually-tell-us-something-useful/#item4877 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:55:29 +0000 Chris Bonnor | Author bios | The Punch