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Why is it that the most advantaged complain the loudest that they are disadvantaged? Kings College fighting for sports exemptions! Privateers a.k.a licensed pirates leave students with massive debts and no qualifications, as the punlic sector celebrates National TAFE week. Part 3 of talk on Privatisation of Education.Priavtisation of Education discussion in full available here-https://www.gie.unsw.edu.au/fighting-privatisation-education-how-are-parents-teachers-and-activists-successfully-fighting-forces-are-privatising-us-public-schoolsNational TAFE week voices in celebration-http://www.aeufederal.org.au/TAFEDAY2020www.adogs.info

What happens to private schools in a failing market economy?Part 2 of discussion on Fighting the Privatisation of Education, featuring Jane Caro, Angelo Gavriolatus, Pasi Sahlberg and Diane Ravitch. Full video available at-https://www.gie.unsw.edu.au/fighting-privatisation-education-how-are-parents-teachers-and-activists-successfully-fighting-forces-are-privatising-us-public-schools www.adogs.info

Piccoli and primary schools and making private public in access. This week's program includes audio from an online forum about fighting the privatisation of education. Speakers include Jane Caro and Diane Ravitch.full video available here-https://www.gie.unsw.edu.au/fighting-privatisation-education-how-are-parents-teachers-and-activists-successfully-fighting-forces-are-privatising-us-public-schoolswww.adogs.info

 Covid shutting the business models that are private schools. The bureaucratisation of education.Great State School of the Week- Mornington Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Education as commodity (always a bad idea). One student shares his impressions of home schooling.

Xavier College closes. Taking advantage in covidinous times- private school money grab. UK education system under scrutiny as inequalities become glaringly obvious..www.adogs.info

The coalition's commitment to vocational funding is conditional- we look at the devil in the details. Coalition sensitive about private school expenditure of public money and the rorting of needs based funding.AEU President Angelo Gavriolatus on Black Lives Matter.

A new phase in the state aid debate as more people come around to DOGS way of thinnking, recognising inequity inherent in current system. Coalition just following orders.Great State School of the week- Keilor View Primary

Separation of church and state in the U.S. has been turned on its head with the U.S. Supreme Court decision re: Espinoza vs Montana. Reactions to the ruling, its moot status and Betsy DeVos's new low. In Australia, funding for private schools has grown 15 times more than public counterparts.  Cate, a special needs student, is expelled by a private school- parents take the school to court.www.adogs.info

State aid and school enrollments. Large numbers of students have no access to the internet at hoe. Kids going back to school- state schools forced to reurn. U.S. education with Diane RavitchGreat State School of the Week- Brunswick East Primarywww.adogs.info

The effect of plague on disadvantaged schools and students. Jobkeeper payments and priests. U.S. education and charter schools ripping off the taxpayer.www.adogs.info

May 28th- Public Education Day- recognising the role public education plays in society. Black Lives MatterTurnbull and catholic hypocrisy.Finally, we hear voices from AEU website celebrating Public Education Day, including-Craig Reucassel, David Zygnier, Sally McManus, Michelle O'Neil, Helen Richardson, Lara Golding, and David Hetheringtonauefederal.org.au/news-media/public-education-day www.adogs.info

State School values and private school business plans in time of plague. Business models for high fee paying schools will have to change. In the UK, thousands of priary schools snub the call to return to class. Pollies arbitrarily setting a return date to school- teachers say FAIL. Trump's bible walk.www.adogs.info

Cabbage Tree Island- a lesson in disadvantage as Covid 19 hits an island with few I.T. resources. Jean's experiences in the 1960s of this school that sits over 300 points below the average ICSEA value. In the U.S., Betsy DeVos siphons relief funds meant for public schools into private and charter schools- sound familiar? Numbers on enrolments in NSW show many exceeded caps.www.adogs.info

Living in the world of the egalitarian MYTH- 'Equality of opportunity' rhetoric in tatters. The World Inequality Database. Federal government gives millions to private schools for 'hygiene', with nothing for public schools. Disturbing article from Gary Marks about genetic predispositions, using debnked research, asserts those with low s.e.s. have inherently low intelligence- these ideas are part os Australian policy make-up!www.adogs.info

Documentary special on DOGS high court case of 1981 on ABC Radio National. A nation can lose its freedom in a day and not wake up to the fact for a century."The High Court Dog-Fight on School Funding"- part of the Section 71 - High Court Cases that Changed Australia series, presented by Patrick Keyzer, produced by Jane Lee, sound engineer Melissa May, supervising producer Michelle Raynerhttps://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-history-listen/section-71:-the-high-court-dog-fight-on-schools-funding/12202220www.adogs.info

Matters of Church and State- Turnbull's memoir references the duplicitous and unaccountable 'needs' based funding, exposing the arrogance of the church. Bigger mortgages do NOT mean you are disadvantaged. Pell's knowing involvement with relocating predators and the Catholic church's refusal to be accountable for anything. Inequality is a feature of Australian education system. Janet Albrechtson's eugenics-like valuation of human lives: all lives are not WORTH the same!www.adogs.info

2 press releases! Advances of BILLIONS in funding to private schools- no mention of any special treatment for  public schools. 80% of disadvataged students attend state schools, 90% of indigenous children attend public schools yet the insecure private education BUSINESSES continue to demand billions of taxpayer dollars. U.S.- movement to ban the inequitable charter schools system. No state schools= NO ECONOMYState Schools Relief- organisation attempting to aid public schools- www.ssr.net.au/schools www.adogs.info

Public schools are now, more than ever, a community hub, while the virus exposes the dodgy business practices of private schools. How private IS private when the public keep paying again and again, with private schools gouging recurrent taxpayers funds. U.S. Education Secretary DeVos is dedicated to destroying the public system as the Public Education Network and Diane Ravitch send an open letter to V.P. Biden calling for the elimination of the federal charter school program.Great State School if the Week- East Lodden P-12 Collegewww.adogs.info

Teachers asked to put their lives on the line- Morrison using public school teachers as glorified babysitters. Public school teachers at the front line of growing inequalities, growing concern for disadvantaged students. Public school teachers are indispensable to the wellbeing of our nation. Private schools scramble to guarantee ongoing funding, despite falling enrolments. Thank you for your patience with our production capabilities- we are now set up to produce our weekly DOGS program remotely ergo can podcast the available audio. Unfortunately, podcasts of the past 3 DOGS programs will not be available until we can access the station again. Apologies for any inconvenience, weekly press releases are available, as usual, from our website. www.adogs.info