22/12/2017

Address at the Graduate Teacher Welcome

I would like to begin this afternoon with a quick story about the impact of education

11/05/2017

Australian Government funding announcement

This week’s Quality Schools announcement by the federal government is a direct attack on Catholic schools

08/05/2017

Unfair, inconsistent and inequitable

Catholic schools aren’t there to make a buck. Instead, they stem from a sense of service to the community.

24/04/2017

Returning for Term 2

I hope that your Easter celebrations were full of joy. As Christians we celebrate our belief that, beyond all expectations, God raised Jesus from the dead.

12/04/2017

Gravity lost in funding debate when apples ain’t apples

Young Isaac Newton was sitting in his garden when an apple fell on his head. Instead of cursing the instrument of some distress, he had a flash of inspiration which led to him developing his theory of gravity.

16/03/2017

St Patrick's Day celebrations

What a wonderful celebration of Catholic education we had for Catholic Education Week, with the Visual Arts Exhibition during the week and all the events on St Patrick’s Day, especially the Mass of St Patrick for Schools.

16/03/2017

Catholic Education Week

It is a week like no other, a chance to celebrate and commemorate more than a 150 years of service to the Victorian community by Catholic schools.

06/03/2017

The meaning of Lent

We are well into Term 1, and last week, with Ash Wednesday, we began Lent.

14/02/2017

CEM priorities for 2017

Take a look at how the staff at Catholic Education Melbourne are working together to deliver the best possible outcomes for students

03/02/2017

Productivity Commission reporting Letter to the Editor The Age

The demand for a Catholic education remains strong despite The Age's claim (3 February) Catholic school enrolments “steadily decreased last year.

29/12/2016

Letter to the Editor of The Sunday Age

I was disappointed to read the story of Sally Beattie and her experiences working with Catholic Education Melbourne (The Sunday Age, 25 September).

08/12/2016

Financial Review Letter to the Editor

“Catholic schools were the worst performing school sector” in Australia after adjusting for socio-economic differences. This is simply untrue.

01/12/2016

Greens campaign of confusion refuted

Senator Nick McKim's extraordinary attack on Catholic education through the press highlights the Greens ongoing confusion about their education funding policy.

29/11/2016

Grattan schools report fundamentally flawed

The Grattan Institute report Circuit breaker: a new compact for school funding is fundamentally flawed, according to Catholic Education Melbourne Executive Director Stephen Elder.

13/10/2016

Letter to the Editor of The Age on 12 October 2016

Your report (Funds flow to Catholic education, 12/10) proves you can prove anything if you cherry-pick the right data. Your ‘analysis’ forgets some fundamental fact about Catholic school funding.

08/09/2016

‘Education for Sustainability in the Archdiocese of Melbourne’ launch

Our students are growing up in challenging times, with a number of world issues impacting the health and wellbeing of society, including pollution, the loss of biodiversity, and carbon levels in the atmosphere.

01/09/2016

New child protection training for school staff to be launched

A unique new course developed by the Australian Catholic University at the request of Catholic Education Melbourne is being launched today.

10/05/2016

One Church

A short film which showcases how Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Melbourne work with Catholic agencies.

01/01/0001

Letter to the Editor of The Age, 8 September 2016

Catholic Education Melbourne shares Nakia’s anguish at the story of racist bullying recounted in The Age today.

01/01/0001

Education for Sustainability in the Archdiocese of Melbourne’ launch

Our students are growing up in challenging times, with a number of world issues impacting the health and wellbeing of society, including pollution, the loss of biodiversity, and carbon levels in the atmosphere.

01/01/0001

Centre for Policy Development disappoints – again

Parents and policymakers have a right to be disappointed by yet another poorly-argued attack on their freedoms by the anti-school choice brigade