The Age reports today on new research that shows the impact of under-funding on public school principals. The article begins:
Public school principals’ jobs have been radically reshaped by the demands of a competitive and punitive funding system, according to a new study.
School leaders told researchers they feel more like grant appliers and fundraisers than educators as they fight over government money for their schools in competitive tendering processes… Researchers Emma Rowe and Sarah Langman interviewed 18 school principals – half of them in Victoria – over five months last year and were told schools were entering competitive tenders to fund “rudimentary or fundamental resources” like school repairs or student wellbeing programs.
