March, 2003 (No. 6)
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School choice: a Subtext special edition
Going Dutch — private education, public finance
Competition won’t hurt you! — Swedish report
Brazil pays poor parents to send their children to school
United States: three more states move towards choice
New Zealand’s homegrown voucher scheme a political casualty
Making sense of school choice
Taking a punt on vouchers Colombia-style
Great Danish voucher scheme has all-round support
Want to know more? — Links to school choice information
Quotes of the month
Australian private school enrolments boom
Parental decisions should drive the "education enterprise", says report
Report card for British Columbia schools
Sylvan stock soars on sale announcement
Book about 12-year battle for school choice in US released
School choice proponent wins educational excellence award
Who benefits from public education? — report asks
Vouchers and voucher-like schemes in developing countries

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Government funding of non-government schools

A new Education Forum briefing paper, International perspectives on government funding of non-government schools, gives an overview of the different funding arrangements governments have with non-government schools in:

  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • England and Wales
  • France
  • New Zealand
  • The Netherlands
  • United States.

“In a number of countries, a relationship can be observed between the level of government funding and the extent of regulation of non-government schools,” writes the author, Pauline Nesdale, from the Australian National Council of Independent Schools’ Associations (NCISA).

The briefing paper is at the Education Forum website.

The NCISA website is a good source of information on independent schools in Australia.