Jean Ely and Dale Bridge

DOGS

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The Australian Council for the Defence of Government Schools (DOGS) looks at public education and separation of church and state.

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Jean Ely and Dale Bridge

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www.3cr.org.au

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Jul 4, 2026

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Episodes

Principles of equality, TAFE, youth mental health and poor children in UK to go hungry. 31.10.2020

Basic principles of equality/ needs, TAFE, youth mental health and UK conservatives vote to let disadvantaged children go hungry.www.adogs.info

Deliberate tax avoidance, property deals and childcare 24.10.2020

Deliberate tax avoidance, property deals by education businesses and childcare- can 4 year olds make or break an economy? U.S. "originalists" in the supremem court. Great State School of the week- University Highwww.adogs.info

The charity scams that are private schools, enjoying BILLIONS in tax concessions and exemptions. 17.10.2020

The charity scams that are private schools, enjoying BILLIONS in tax concessions and exemptions. Private online education businesses trying to take over face to face learning. Great State School- Lilydale Highwww.adogs.info

$19 BILLION shortfall in funding to public schools 10.10.2020

$19 BILLION shortfall in funding to public schools, while privae schools funding is increased. Rorris report shows alarming figures-http://www.aeufederal.org.au/application/files/9916/0161/2192/AEU188_Public_Expenditure.pdfwww.adogs.info

OECD PISA FAIL for Australia, TAFE reform, response to Shore apologists 03.10.2020

OECD PISA FAIL for Australia, grandparents paying for private school fees, TAFE reform, the flawed business models of private schools, a response to Shore apologists.https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/pisa-2018-results-volume-v_ca768d40-en;jsessionid=_dlu2pfWuyF3eQ3w3mED5gYZ.ip-10-240-5-54www.adogs.info

Teachers, like health workers, have put in the hard yards during plague. 26.09.2020

Teachers, like health workers, have put in the hard yards during this time of plague. Meanwhile, privileged kids demonstrate contempt for our community. Audio from talks including from Daceyville Principal Michelle Hostrup available here-https://www.gie.unsw.edu.au/videos-podcasts/gonski-20-how-will-we-support-and-value-professionGreat State School of the week- Halls Gapwww,adogs.info 

Inquiry into the value of teachers' work, OECD disparity comparisons and plutocracy 19.09.2020

Inquiry into the value of teachers' work, OECD disparity comparisons and plutocracy.www.adogs.info

Abominations, policy crimes, rorting and discrimination 12.09.2020

Abominations, policy crimes, rorting and discrimation against a student with disability- just another week in Australia's education INDUSTRY.

Inequality in time of plague as Catholic schools cannibalise their own. 05.09.2020

Inequality in time of plague as Catholic schools cannibalise their own. Catholic indenpendent funding authority diverting public funds away from their intended poorer schools to richer flagship schools. Catholic bureaucracy has its own models of 'neediness''- the mechanics of how Catholic funding authority takes from the poor and gives to the rich, short-changing 'poor' schools.

Why is it that the most advantaged complain loudest that they are disadvantaged? 29.08.2020

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.uns...

What happens to private schools in a failing market economy? 22.08.2020

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.inf...

Piccoli and private primary schools, plus special audio featuring Diane Ravitch 15.08.2020

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-school...

Covid shutting the business models that are private schools 08.08.2020

 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 a commodity, effects of homeschooling 01.08.2020

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

Xavier closes, UK inequalities shine, taking advantage during Covid 25.07.2020

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 devil in the details of the coalition's vocational funding commitments. BLACK LIVES MATTER 18.07.2020

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.

DOGS no longer alone in the state aid debate. 11.07.2020

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. turned in its head, while in Australia, funding for private schools receive 15 times more funding than state schools, while a private school expels a special needs pupil. 04.07.2020

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...

State aid and school enrollments, state schools ORDERED to return. 27.06.2020

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 effects of plague on disadvantaged schools and students 20.06.2020

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 13.06.2020

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.adog...

State School values and private school business plans in time of plague. 06.06.2020

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. 30.05.2020

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, the effects of inequality on our nation. 23.05.2020

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 o...

DOGS high court case of 1981 revisited nationally 16.05.2020

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://ww...

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