A commentary and two responses to: ‘What are the effective public schools? Insights from New South Wales’ secondary schools using a stochastic frontier analysis with a panel dataset’

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Rob van den Honert ◽  
Diane Dancer ◽  
Vincent Blackburn ◽  
Petra Lietz
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
The Third ◽  
South Wales

This is a compilation of three items comprising first a commentary on “What are the effective public schools? Insights from New South Wales’ secondary schools using a stochastic frontier analysis with a panel dataset ” (Diane Dancer & Vincent Blackburn, Australian Journal of Education, 61(2), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1177/0004944117713555 ) followed by two responses to that commentary. The commentary by Rob van den Honert examines whether an appropriate measure of efficiency has been used to interpret the results in this study. He also fields the question: ‘is using resources more efficiently more important than achieving superior educational outcomes? In the second item, Diane Dancer and Vincent Blackburn respond to Rob van den Honert’s commentary. The third item by Petra Lietz is a brief response to Rob van den Honert’s commentary.

The Education of Aboriginal Children in New South Wales Public Schools Since 1788: Part 2

1978 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 20-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Aboriginal Children

It is uncertain when the last exclusion of children from a public school, merely for having some Aboriginal ancestry, actually occurred. In 1937, the Commonwealth and States’ conference on Aboriginal matters recommended assimilation as a general policy rather than protection, particularly with regard to the detribalized, part-caste Aboriginal people. In 1938, the New South Wales Public Service Board in its report on the Aborigines Protection Board, recommended the policy of assimilation be implemented in schools. In 1940, the Aborigines Protection Act was amended. The Aborigines Protection Board was renamed the Aborigines Welfare Board and restructured to include Aboriginal members. The complete responsibility for the education of all Aboriginal children was transferred to the New South Wales Department of Education. Almost overnight, the policy of segregation was changed to assimilation.

Aerial baiting of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) for the control of exotic disease in the semi-arid rangelands of New South Wales

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. S. Fleming ◽  
David Choquenot ◽  
Richard J. Mason
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Effective Density ◽  
Contingency Planning ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Feral Pigs ◽  
The Third ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Arid Rangelands ◽  
North Western

An experiment that held the density of feral pigs constant while varying the effective density of aerially distributed baits was conducted at three sites in north-western New South Wales. Meat baits, containing one of the biomarkers iophenoxic acid, tetracycline or rhodamine B, were distributed at different intensities over each site, and a sample of pigs was shot from a helicopter at each site to determine bait uptake. Serum and tissue samples taken from each pig were analysed for the occurrence of the biomarkers; the proportions of pigs exhibiting biomarkers represented the proportions of the feral pig populations that had consumed baits at different baiting intensities (expressed as baits per unit of pig density). The maximum percentage of sampled pigs that had eaten baits varied from 31% to 72% across the three sites. Bait uptake was regressed against baiting intensity. For two of the trials, the quantity of bait hypothetically required to eliminate a population of feral pigs was extrapolated to be 1577 baits per unit of pig density, while for the third trial 1874 baits per unit of pig density would have been required. Bait-uptake by non-target animals was substantial, posing potential hazards to birds and reducing the availability of baits to feral pigs. Most likely, seasonal conditions affected bait-uptake by feral pigs. We discuss the implications of these results for exotic disease contingency planning.

The Education of Aboriginal Children in New South Wales Public Schools Since 1788: Part 1

1978 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Aboriginal Education ◽  
South Wales ◽  
History Of ◽  
Aboriginal Children

The following article by Mr Harris discusses in detail the history of Aboriginal education in New South Wales. Readers from New South Wales will certainly find this extremely interesting and, indeed, the perspective that Mr Harris offers will deepen their insights into the educational status of Aboriginals today. Readers from other states will, I am sure, also find it very illuminating; in many ways the New South Wales scene was similar to that in other parts of Australia. (Ed.)

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