2026 Public Education Foundation Scholarships
16 October 2025
Section: News
The Public Education Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing life-changing scholarships to young people in public education and…
Federation sponsors life-changing student scholarships
19 May 2025
Section: News
Congratulations to the recipients of Federation-sponsored scholarships at the Proudly Public! 2025 Awards, hosted by the Public Education Foundation. The…
Regional teacher credits mentor for scholarship win
1 October 2020
Section: News
Scholarship winner Hannah Rivers (pictured) started her career as a temporary teacher at Cumnock Public School, about 60 kilometres from Orange. Her desire to work in public education came after working as a School Learning Support Officer and it drove her through her Master of Teaching.
Public education: Building great Australian lives
24 July 2020
Section: News
Becoming an actor was an unlikely career path for a young Deborah Mailman growing up in the north-western Queensland mining town of Mt Isa.
Foster’s high-profile support for public education
12 June 2019
Section: News
He made his name representing Australia on the football field, and now former Socceroos player Craig Foster is kicking goals for teachers and students as a champion of public education.
Off to Harvard: Public School principals win awards
20 May 2019
Section: News
Congratulations to three public school principal’s granted scholarships at the Public Education Foundation’s Proudly Public Awards ceremony on 15 May held at Sydney Town Hall.
Startling figures support funding campaign
3 April 2018
Section: News
A national report that shows the declining performance of our most disadvantaged school students will cost the country at least $120 billion in coming decades, reinforced Federation’s campaign for fairer public school funding, President Maurie Mulheron said.