#5 NSW early education funding / OECD Education at a Glance Report 2016

Lisa, Leanne and Liam are back again to discuss:

The recent announcement by the NSW Government regarding funding of early childhood education (an article from the Sydney Morning Herald on this can be found here, the NSW Government press release is here and a previous media article on the Auditor-General Report is here.
The OECD’s recent update of their “Education at a Glance” series. The 2016 Report is here, and there is also a great webinar running through the stats.

News of the Week

Early childhood centre goes for 6 million bucks

Recommendations

Lisa: Bill de Blasio's Pre-K Crusade - a look at New York’s radical expansion of their preschool programs

Leanne: Early Childhood Education Is Not a Profession - an article that explores early childhood in the context of professionalism, and more interesting than the headline suggests.

Liam: Newly leaked Nauru reports detail harrowing accounts of sexual abuse and self-harm - more great reporting from The Guardian that demonstrates the experience of children in our immigration detention system.

Thanks to Bronwyn Hinz for her wonderful iTunes review - we really appreciate it! Leanne will be announcing the first dates for her first comedy stand-up tour any day now.

Liam McNicholasSeptember 23, 2016

Episodes

#5 NSW early education funding / OECD Education at a Glance Report 2016