Stakes high as time left to negotiate public school funding deal ticks down

This week, shocking new NAPLAN results showed one third of Australia's school students are failing to meet basic literacy and numeracy benchmarks. And the next six weeks will shape the future for public schools in Australia, as high stakes negotiations continue over school funding. More than a decade after fair funding was promised, public schools are still more than $5 billion short of what was promised in the landmark Gonski education review.