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Tax policy and the separation of church and state- NO tax payer should be compelled to subsidise religion. The diffence between educating MY CHILD and educating THE CHILDREN- parental choice destroying Australia's education system with the system favouring NOT academic merit but parental wealth and parents resonding to an educational marketplace. Individualisation- forced response to a percieved '...

NO mention of public education as Coalition's education priorities, the total of $14 BILLION in cuts to public schools. A brief history of Ireland's religous schooling and the modern attempt at disestablishmentarianism. Corruption in Australia's education system- disadvantaged schools miss out on fundamental access to teaching resouces- damning OECD report. NAPLAN test's conflict of interest. Grea...

Budget week- 'If this budget is Scomo's idea of a fair go, themn it's time for him to go'- Caranna Haythorpe, AEU. Government priorites- private schools in their DNA. Less than 30% of students attend private schools while public enrollments rise yet that 1/3 get $12 billion, while 2/3 ie. public schools get only $7.5 billion. Insult to public education- NO  capital works funding for public schools...

School chaplaincy case- a win at VCAT with an agreement to change the position description to include atheists. Congratulations to the Rational Society Association's fellow Luke Beck and the plaintiff Juliet Armstrong. An Individual student's action on climate change makes their high school completely solar-powered. Pearson group under scrutiny. The ingredients that make up a great school. Great S...

This week we hear the voices of the passionate, informed and courageous students who took to Melbourne's streets on Friday, March 15th, to protest the inaction of our government to respond to the threat of climate change. Great State School of the week- Rose Hill Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

The chameleon-like rhetoric of the Catholic church, education funding and Pell- refusal of freedom of information request into where the money goes. Morrison has made it clear that public schools are NOT a priority for his government- cutting $14 billion in funding to public schools despite growth in new student enrollments. The rights of students to protest climate change, public funding for TAFE...

The privatisation of the entire school system in the U.S.- West Virginia statewide teacher walkout leads to more widespread strikes against charter schools,Catholic school system concealing of funds from taxpayers- Catholic authorities desperate to avoid public scrutiny. Plus chaplaincy programs in State schoolsTWO Great State Schools of the week! Preston West Primary School and Faulkner Primary S...

The effects of 'school shopping' on public schools, how private schools are gaming the university entrance system, big business putting profit ahead of student outcomes, state and teritory governments increase funding to private schools. Great State School of the Week- Princes Hill Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Equity ( and the lack thereof ) in education, interveiw with Chris Bonner on equity, indigenous enrollment issues, proper accountability for public money. Great State School of the week- Errol Street North Melbourne Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Religious anti-discrimination exemptions- interview with Dr Luke Beck, Bishop Robert Forsythe and Dr Renee Barker from ABC radio National's God Forbid program. Franking credits, Australia's educational apartheid. Great State School of the Week- Jinibara Primary School, Burpengary QLD

Entrenched inequality as new funding arrangements guarantee that Public Schools are now UNDER-FUNDED, ON PURPOSE, INDEFINITELY. Public schools are being defrauded of BILLIONS of dollars by funding arrangements finalised last year. Great State School of the Week- Lilydale High Schoolwww.adogs.info

Identity crisis for Catholic schools and the legal validity of funding religion and religious schools in Australia. 40 years and BILLIONS of dollars in private school funding later and still more than two thirds of Asutralian children attend public schools. We're paying BILLIONS to hold the fine line between catholic and the rest of Australia's kids. Great State School of the Week- Buckley Park Co...

U.S. Education privatisation parallels, L.A. teachers strike, elite schools fighting in court reveal more tha they intend. Great State School of the week- Victorian College of the Arts secondary schoolwww.adogs.info

This week Jean dissects public private partnership arrangements in Victorian. Robert gives advice to parents who have income and are being told they need to turn their back on the Public School System.

The extravagant 'needs' of elite private schools being paid for by YOU. The politics of absurdity- diverting public money to private schools is disastrous policy- state aid should be withdrawn from schools that are not accessible to EVERY Australian child. School climate change protest/strike, annual wrap-up  of 2018Great State School of the Week- Apollo Bay Collegewww.adogs.info

Special interview on the active segregation of children in schools in the United States from the Ntional Education Policy Centre with Professot Emeritus Gregory Smith and Malaway Rooks. Great State School of the week- Keilor Downs Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

It's official- there is NO separation of religion from the state in Australia. Max Wallace disusses the Rudduck review and its educational implications, religious freedom in Australia. Great State School of the week- Auburn High Schoolwww.adogs.info

Are private school parents voting with their feet and enrolling in public schools? Infrastructure problem with new schools, morning and afternoon schools, postcode fascism, the impasse between state and federal government over education funding. Great State School of the week- Middle King Lake Primarywww.adogs.info

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Hear the figures that show how Private Educators are taking from Public Schools. Robert follows this with news of teachers striking in Chicago for pay and conditions in the Charter school system.

PHd student Creighton Smith's longitudinal study of Naplan tests since 2018 are showing stark inequality in educational outcomes according to postcodes. Rob talks with the researching about his findings.

Gittens article, Australian education in hock to religious education funding, so-called 'class-free' society has one of the most socially stratified education systems in the WORLD, OECD report shows we are going backwards, concentration of disadvantage, pruvatised education system in the U.S. and the documentary 'Failed State'.Great State School of the week- Powlett River Primary, near Wonthaggiww...

Wquity in education in Australia, Poison of 'choice', special 'equity' funding for Catholic schools from Morrison for 'drought relief'- over 10 years?! Birmingham's political assassination by Catholic Church, australian students sold down the river for political points, Catholic standover tacticsGreat State School of the Week- Narrewarren South Collegewww.adogs.info

Religious debate heating up, religion in state schools, religion in state-funded schools and the private privilege to discriminate. Victorian election issues, codifies religious liberty in section 116 of the Australian Constitution, matthew Guy's intention to entrench christian proselytising in STATE SCHOOLS.Great State School of the week- Brookside College in Caroline Springswww.adogs.info

Privatisation and the failure of neoliberalism, privatisation by stealth of public education, Menadue article on crony capitalism, the obvious connection between anti-privatisation ideas and public education. AGAIN according to NAPLAN sending your child to private schools gives your child NO EXTRA ADVANTAGE.Great State School- Melba Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info