School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
Dr Pete Goss has over 10 years’ experience as a strategy consultant, most recently with the Boston Consulting Group, advising Federal and State governments on service delivery innovation. He has worked with Noel Pearson to improve education outcomes for Cape York primary school students, and advised the Federal Government on the future of international education in Australia.
Making better use of Australia's top teachers will improve student outcomes: here's how to do it
Feb 09, 2020 23:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Australia must do better in school education. Following our worst ever results in international tests last year, politicians are keen to act, and quickly. But Australia has had any number of educational reforms over the...
What the next government needs to do to tackle unfairness in school funding
Mar 06, 2019 13:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
School funding debates in Australia are complex and messy. Stakeholders routinely complain about being hard done by. But the real unfairness is that state schools get less government funding than governments themselves say...
Three charts on: why Catholic primary school parents can afford to pay more
Sep 24, 2018 07:47 am UTC| Insights & Views
Dan Tehans first major action as federal Education Minister was a deal for Catholic and independent schools. From a policy perspective, the pieces were already in place. Tehans predecessor, Simon Birmingham, had moved all...
New model for school funding that won't break the budget
Nov 27, 2016 22:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Funding schools according to the needs of their students is something of a Holy Grail in Australia: something that we want very much but that has been very hard to achieve. Every school has a target rate of funding for...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well
Political donations rules are finally in the spotlight – here’s what the government should do