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The dangerous stupidity of constant assessment. Tehan THREATENS children with tests so he can say he's doing his job. Almost $20 billion of RECURRENT funding to private schools and now the 'Choice and Affordability' fund!The history of the 'test', from industrialisation to I.Q. tests.Great State School of the Week- Hornsby Girls Highwww.adogs.info

As the new funding model comes out, the Federal government decides to give more cash to Private schools with NO mention of public schools, passing the buck to the State governments. More than 1 in 3 children do not have access to the necessary infrastructure to succeed in education. This tells the kids- your government does not care about you. The MYTH of Equality. Funding exacerbating the disparity between private and public schools with non-government sector schools getting a $3.4 Billion boost, while public schools get NOTHIING. Over 80% of disavantaged students go to public schools and 90% of disadvantaged schools are PUBLIC. Philanthropy is NO WAY to run an education system! This generation is LESS well educated than the previous generation and that is a national disgrace.Great State School of the Week- ALL 90% of our Disadvantaged Public Schools www.adogs.info

The global privatisation of Basic education and Diane Ravitch's book "Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools". Justice Michael Kirby on the religious discrimination bill. Many religious people agree that this bill is a bad idea and agree that it is dangerous.Great State School of the Week- Bobin Primary School, NSWww.adogs.info

Last word on statistics- new figures (R.O.G.S.) show huge funding increases to private schools and cuts to public schools as R.O.G.S. overestimates spending on public schools. St Kevin's College supporting paedophiles DURING the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse! Mandatory reporting of abuse and the law. Federal and state funding.Great State School of the Week- Auburn High Schoolwww.adogs.info

Part 2 of Lies, damned lies and statistics with the Report On Government Services. Analysing numbers and people/funding processes- how is it in Australia that private schools get so much public money?- the functional processes that allow this disparity- while the public sector is still responsible for the majority of Australian children. Plus the Catholic Education Office justifies why they can't tell us where all the government funding for schools actually ends up.Great State School of the Week- Frankston State High Schoolwww.adogs.info

Statistics showing income disparity widening. Funding increases to private schools DOUBLED while every state has CUT funding to public schools. A public school student is worth 28% of a private school student according to the Australian government. Australia's bifurcated education system- one for the rich and one for the poor. A look at the education system in Dehli. Our OECD report is F for Fail- needs improvement!Great State School of the Week- Bendigo Special Developement Schoolwww.adogs.info

Foundational tenets of U.S. democracy- the separation of church from the state- the fundamental principle upon which the U.S. was built is being compromised - Espinoza Vs Montana. NO functional separation of church and state in Australia AT ALL. Education system in Canada is now leaping ahead of Australia. Article by Darren Walker, Ford Foundation- 'Charity won't fix inequity, only structural changes will". Charity is no cure for poverty. To educate a child in a CIVILISED nation is NOT an act of charity but an investment- education is a fundamental RIGHT of a child.Great State School of the Week- Chirnside Park Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Auditor General reports and funding rorts. Pork-barrelling of sports grants and the Bridget McKenzie matter."NEEDS" based policy is overtly GREEDS based policy.Book review- Diane Ravitch's "Slaying Goliath- The Passionate Resistance to Privatisation and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools".Why we have public schools in the first place- a brief history of public education in Australia- and the FIRST time we stopped funding to private schools. "If more than 10% of children in a society are educated in private schools, it can no longer call itself a democracy."Great State School of the Week- Ogilvie Girls State High School in Tasmaniawww.adogs.info

Meg Wallace's 'Sophistry of Religious Discrimination"- about priveling one religon. Separation of religion from the mechanics of running a country- in Australia and the U.S.. Sue Karzis from State Schools Reflief (Victoria) talks abo0ut this unique organisation assisting state school. See more at ssr.net.au or contact locally on 87698450Great State School of the Week- Sale College in East Gippslandwww.adogs.info

A brief history of education in the Australian constitution. Our Federal government's approach to what CAN be taught in schools... Also, why DON'T  churches pay taxes and rates?www.adogs.info

Australian constitution is ignored (Sect,116) as government legislates for the furtherment of a particular religion. In the U.S. strikes over private school vouchers. "Back to basics" approach has become the problem, not the solution as the educationa gulf is widening.Great State School of the Week- Clifton Creek Primary School in Gippsland, which burnt down over the school holidays.www.adogs.info

SUMMER SPECIAL- Encore of our School Climate Change Rally Special

The 'fantasy' that private schools save the government money- Tehan's own thinktank queries where all the funding goes, as Australian students no longer even reach the OECD average in mathematics. Teachers and teacher training. The situation in Chile. U.S.'s Devos wastes millions on charter schools that will never be built.Great State School of the Week- Box Hill Highwww.adogs.info

The DOGS predictions about the consequences of state aid are sadly coming true after 60 years of funding private education - segregation, loss of standards, loss of accountability and more. State aid undermines democratic institutions and is disastrous to our democracy. EVERYONE loses when schools are segregated. The MYTHOLOGISING of the Goulburn Catholic School strike in the 60s. Vocational training and educational RORTS abundant, yet noone has been charged with any fraudulent offences.www.adogs.info

Part 2 of 'The Real Cost of Private Education' by Thomas Orren. AFL  and Private schools- 4 times more likely to get picked in the AFL draft of you are from one of eleven elite schools- the egalitarian nature of football is nowa myth, no longer a game for the PEOPLE. PISA shows Australian students are 3 and 1/2 years BEHIND their international peers in maths and sciences. The results are a wake-up call however they said that 4 years ago. And the 4 years before that. And the four years before that..Great State School SYSTEM of the Week- Estoniawww.adogs.info

Part 1 of analysis of 'The Real Cost Of Private Education' article by Thomas Orren. AFL and eduation- how private schools have taken over the AFL. Venture capitalists find that private schools in Australia are a HUGE  money maker. $ = morals for capitalists.Great State School of the Week- Bicheno Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Federal government trashes and withholds funds from state schools while OVERTLY propping up private system. U.S.- Political victory for state schools in Kentucky thanks to tenacious activists. Dr Ian Hansen's mea culpa article. "Drought" package of $10 million ONLY  for private schools- an elitist and exclusive package, boosting a system that is failing, ignoring 60% of Australian children because of ideology.Great State School of the Week- Glenferrie Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Shameless government indifference to poverty, inequitable drought funding. Religious freedom bill- dangerous according to Justice KirbyGreat State School of the Week- Wytaliba State Schoolwww.adogs.info

Taxation exemptions and private school rates- private schools and local councils. The Constitution of Australia and SECTION 116- our very own 'separation of church and state' clause- referenced by the mainstream due to religious discrimination legislation debate. How Private school fees effect the 'working' family- fee increases at twice the rate of inflation and wage growth.Great State School of the Week- Bagdad Primary School, Tasmaniawww.adogs.info

A look at Chile- culturally, educationally, socially - and the inequitable distribution of wealth. Private V.E.T. providers scam BILLIONS, leaving students in debt, without qualifications. Congestion costs os private schools. The Morrison government has been nothing short of a disaster for T.A.F.E..Great State School of the Week- Malvern Central Schoolwww.adogs.info