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SYDNEY'S TOP 20 schools
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SMH今天有弄了个Sydney Top 20的排名,呵呵。
同时报道说,大学研究和房产中介都预测League Table(及其My School)将会影响家长们的购房决定。
大学的研究说,家长们是肯定会参考学习的表现其实排名来决定住哪里的。
但是对于那些无法负担好学校所在区房价的家长们来说,会有被困住的感觉。
通过和一些买公立好学校(比如Burwood Girls, Cheltenham Girls, Epping Boys, Killara and Cherrybrook Technology High School)学区里房子的家长的采访,得出的结论就是已经存在的趋势(好学校的学区里房子紧俏)会进一步的加强。
传统上好的中学的学区出来是很抢手的,现在可能房产中介会说这个区的小学NAPLAN成绩很好了。。。
Schools website leads parents to change address
Anna Patty
February 6, 2010 - 12:35AM
LEAGUE tables will influence parents to buy homes in suburbs with top-ranking schools, university researchers and real estate agents predict.
Academics from the University of Sydney who have researched school choice say parents will consult performance rankings on the Federal Government's My School website when deciding where to live.
But those who cannot afford to move to suburbs with better ranking schools may become prone to feeling trapped, said Craig Campbell, an associate professor from the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney.
Professor Campbell, who co-wrote a book on school choice, has interviewed parents who bought real estate within the catchment areas of reputable public schools. Popular high schools include Burwood Girls, Cheltenham Girls, Epping Boys, Killara and Cherrybrook Technology High School.
''It is likely the trends that already exist will get stronger,'' he said. ''The league tables are going to be a powerful new source of information for parents. I have no doubt it will impact on real estate decisions.''
British research had found that some people who felt they did not have the financial or educational resources to work the education system felt alienated. Others who had the resources had become more engaged in making it work for them.
''It has been a long-term trend kicked off [in Australia] by the dezoning of government schools,'' he said. ''There are going to be a lot of people who feel more trapped, who can't afford to buy into the areas with good government schools.''
Professor Campbell said he agreed with commentators such as the academic Michael Pusey who have argued that the rise of neo-liberalism has contributed to undermining confidence in public institutions.
The middle classes now felt a need to insure themselves against failing government health and education systems.
''The collapse of traditional working-class jobs has also put more pressure on people who have been less reliant on schools and education in the past.
''Those people can't afford the good real estate and, possibly, better schools.''
Helen Proctor, a fellow lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, co-wrote School Choice, How Parents Negotiate the New School Market in Australia with Professor Campbell and Geoffrey Sherington.
She said the new data would contribute to parents thinking more about primary school choice. ''In the research we did for the school choice book we were finding parents who had moved right across Sydney because they had identified a good high school,'' she said.
''It will be interesting to see whether real estate agents will be saying a primary school has good NAPLAN tests.''
Virginia Nicoll, of the real estate agency Harris Tripp First in Summer Hill, said good schools in the area, including Summer Hill Public, Trinity Grammar and St Patricks Catholic, were a selling point.
''We've been experiencing that solidly for the past 10 years, parents moving into the suburb for the schools in the area.''
Maria Gerber of Elders real estate in Stanmore said she had spoken to parents wanting to buy in the Stanmore area, to be in its school catchment.
''We are surrounded by a good selection of private and public schools. Parents will be looking at those … statistics and making decisions based on those as well.''
SYDNEY'S TOP 22 schools
1. Sydney Grammar School, Edgecliff Preparatory School
2. Sydney Grammar School, St Ives Preparatory School
3. St Francis' School Paddington
4. St Mary's Preparatory School North Sydney
5. Artarmon Public School
6. John Colet School Belrose
7. Woollahra Public School
8. Mosman Church of England Preparatory School
9. Abbotsleigh Wahroonga
10. SCEGGS Darlinghurst
11. Holy Family Catholic Primary School Lindfield
12. Our Lady of the Rosary School Kensington
13. Queenwood School for Girls Mosman
14. Beaumont Road Public School Killara
15. Carlingford West Public School Carlingford
16. St Aloysius' College Milsons Point
17. St Ives North Public School
18. Epping West Public School
19. St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School Northbridge
20. Summer Hill Public School
Source: Herald analysis of data from My Schools website.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/schools-website-leads-parents-to-change-address-20100205-niqw.html
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