Bio

Ellen Koshland is the Founder and President of Education Foundation, Australia, which is the only independent not-for-profit organisation that in Australia that strengthens public education by investing private monies (philanthropic and corporate) in primary and secondary schools. Since 1989 the foundation has raised $10 million to make a difference to the learning of students, particularly those who are disadvantaged or at risk of dropping out of school. The Foundation is now operating on a national scale in all states of Australia.

ellen Koshland's contributions:

Quality education for all: mapping the educational landscape

Our focus on the private public divide obscures the real disparities between schools in affluent and disadvantaged areas, writes Ellen Koshland. To move forward we need to re-shape the education system around the concept of public value, rather than who owns or runs our schools.

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