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How free IS public education? Victorian parents spend record $400 million on 'free' education. Sleight of hand with taxpayer money going to elite schools. Teachers success despite adversity with a music class inspiring students. Great State school of the week- Ringwood Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Student mental health concerns as funding goes to chaplains, NOT qualified counsellors, elite schools cue-jumping vaccinations AGAIN. Girls school in Afghanistan relocates to Rwanda. APOLOGIES for the poor audio quality at the start of this podcast. It DOES improve later and the issues has been sorted for future recordings.www.adogs.info

Huge changes to the education scene in Chicago with the de-funding of their charter system.  Part of a discussion on the racist history of standardised testing featuring  Awo Okaikor Aryee-Price, co-founder of MapSO Freedom School and Black Lives Matter at School, Wayne Au, author of Unequal by Design- High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality and Jesse Hagopian, author of More Tha...

Preferantial treatment of private schools with multiple vaccination scandals.  Just who is eligible for vaccine and why has it taken so long for ALL teachers to be considered essential, while COVID gets real for politicians.https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/who-can-get-vaccinatedGreat State School of the week- Mt Alexander Collegewww.adogs.info

The history and fate of Gonski by Trevor Cobbold of Save Our Schools. Religious discrimination wins as a teacher gets sacked for being gay, despite the school receiving taxpayer money. The sad and messy end to Vocation abd the rorting of VET funds. Senior political economist Adam Rorris'report on investing where it matters- public schools. Great State School of the Week- Springvale Primary in Caro...

Community schools, OECD on career guidance, COVID lays bare the widening gap between the haves and have nots in the student population. NT has most UNDER funded public schools. Great State School of the week- Bentleigh Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Public schools for the Public good, why students shouldn't learn in a bubble. The educational and mental health effects of Covid on students. Why publishing results is a failure. Great State School of the week- McKinnon Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Satanic church demonstrates need for separate of church and state, equity in education, capital funding for public schools and much moreGreat state school of the week- Keilor Downs Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Vaccinations for public school teachers- how much do we value teachers? Statement on Australian curriculum from First Nations experts. Charter schools and church and state in the U.S.Great State School of the week- Williamstown Highwww.adogs.info

Elite school seniors get Pfizer due to ''clerical error'', old school ties, separation of church and state at risk in the U.S., consent education in schools.www.adogs.info

Extraordinary wealth of elite schools while accessing jobkeeper on top of more taxpayer funding. How schools can take part in NAIDOC- https://www.naidoc.org.au/resources/teaching-guides U.S. charter schools hit opposition in Texas. Local state schools never ending fund raising efforts. Great State School of the week- Fitzroy High SchoolWe still haven't quite reached out radiothon target so if you...

Old school tie money, alarming capital funding figures headed to private schools while independent schools group cries poor. AEU seminar on The Infrastructure that Public Schools need - full audio here-https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=502855804255507&ref=watch_permalinkwww.adogs.info

Recurrent and capital funding of private schools show an obvious ratio of inequity.  Separation of church and state virtually non-existent. Rudd on Morrison's Pentacostalism in public office. Great State School of the week-  Victoria Road Primary School, LilydaleThank you to all those who donated to support DOGS and 3CR this radiothon. To donate online, you can go to-www.3cr.org.au/donateOr call 9...

RADIOTHON- pledge now, pay later! Donate online here-https://www.3cr.org.au/donatePublic schools do more with fewer resources. Regulators set to oversee boarding schools as a direct reslut of the Royal Commissin into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Teachers pushing for priority vaccinations as frontline essential workers. To donate to the 3cr radiothon you can call the station on 94...

RADIOTHON! Please help keep 3cr independent media alive! Donate on behalf of the DOGS here-https://www.givenow.com.au/cause442Economic argument for State aid to private schools is NO LONGER VALID. Archbishop Fisher admits Catholic schools are better funded than ever yet claims anti-Catholicism. Disappointment in managerial appointments in public schools, students missing out. The unfairness of ATA...

Public Education Day, TAFE shortchanged again, structural failure means Australian education keeps falling short. U.S. case of Religious schools using courts to be exempted from anti-racial discrimination laws. Private school for challenging students cries poor. Great State School of the Week- Oakwood Secondary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Public education day 28th May. Private schools a protected species with Morrison's blatant favouritism of private sector. Lack of transparency in accountability of where YOUR tax dollars are going. Great State School of the week- Kensington Primarywww.adogs.info

Tudge fudging figures, former privatiser changes sides as facts don't match rhetoric, exhausted public school teachers after covid,, private schools axe staff discounts. Great State School of the Week- Reservoir East Primary

DOGS remember Jack Farrer. Memories of public schools that only exist through community action. The Burston Strike School.  Northlands Secondary College. We talk with Stephen Jolly about the fight for the Richmond school in the 90s as the Kennet government tried to close over 300 public schools.www.adogs.info

Government deniability, not accountability. Morrison abandons needs-based funding. Tudge on the bludge!www.adogs.info

Believing in Public Education. The moral vacuums of professional politicians, Lobbyland and Morrison's minders.www.adogs.info

The big FIVE challenges facing Australian Education. Lessons learned from Covid. The art of APOLITICAL research from the Australian Council of Education Research (ACER) - NO mentions of Cobbald's figures and reducing disparity between schools. The long tale of under-achievement in Australia. Great State School of the Week- North Melbourne Primary (Errol St)www.adogs.info

This week we concentrate on parents and teachers and whatever happened to free education? Parental contributions to state schools reach record levels. https://theconversation.com/some-public-schools-get-nearly-6-times-as-much-funding-thanks-to-parents-117268A small win for teachers treated unfairly during the pandemic. Teachers vindicated and receive backpay using the power of their UNIONS. Teache...

Coalition claims the 'school funding wars are over' despite all evidence to the contrary! Education minister Alan Tudge makes extraordinary declarations and motherhood statements as we continue to be outperformed by our neighbours. Finland again sets the example. Great State School of the Week- Wandong Primary SchoolFor more information on the Professional Development sessions in association with...

The stranglehold of elite private schools on the corridors of power in Australia - the graduates of elite schools and their networks inherent in Australian politics. Gross under-funding of public schools as parents pay record amounts for 'free' education.www.adogs.info