Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

because he never put students first; he has a teachers-first policy. This government has a students-first policy. All the evidence indicates that the more autonomy in a school, the better for students. The higher the expectations on those students, the more likely that they will get better results. The UK schools white paper said:

Across the world, the case for the benefit of school autonomy has been established beyond doubt.

The OECD says:

PISA show a clear relationship between learning outcomes and the relative autonomy of schools in managing instructional policies and practices …

So this government is unashamedly in favour of more autonomy in our schools across Australia. This Independent Public Schools initiative will deliver increasing delegation for principals to manage teacher under performance—

Ms Claydon interjecting—

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