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The mish-mash that is Gonski, private schools cornering the market of 'needfulness', religious schools are NOT for the poor or disadvantaged, freedom of conscience, facts and figures from Trevor Cobbold and the Save Our Schools group. The "choice" fund? More like the Duplication of Services fund! Historically separating church and state.www.adogs.info

Schooling should be PUBLIC IN ACCESS. The essence of the private schooling 'choice' argument is DISCRIMINATION- private schools discriminate against children using YOUR tax dollars and are expecting their 'right to discriminate' to be legislated- they want to be above the law. Response to the Ruddock Review, Andrews' government pre-election promise of 400 million to catholic schools, facts and fig...

Fair Funding Now letter to Prime Minister in fairfax press- a call to action. Special deals for wealthy schools, Greens taking on Catholic education lobby and Stephen Elder- calling them LEECHES. Jane Caro on the enemies of public schooling, Charities and Not-For Profit Commission auditing what Catholic Church does with tax payer funding.www.adogs.info

Can't see the forest for the trees- the REAL problem with school funding and the needs policy, the long term issue of the survival of free education, back to basics- fighting for FREE education for ALL. Ruddock review and religious freedoms, mainstream media responses to education issues. U.S. for profit education predators defrauding students. Great State School- Lightening Reef Primary in North...

War declared on public education, our federal government's LACK of public education poliocy, Victoria's state election and education implications. The federal government has stopped governing! Andrews government unambiguously encouraging people to enroll their children in public schools.great state School- Newport Lakes Primarywww.adogs.info

Issues of separation of religion and the state playing out in our schools, ugly outcomes from neoliberalism and marketplace ideology in education- school shopping, teachers struggling in the U.S.Great State School of the week- Matraville Sports Highwww.adogs.info

Special deals being done between religious institutions and the federal government ( Turnbull's proposed 4.4 BILLION dollar top up! and morrison's version), Colorado's transistion from a 5 day school week to a 4 day week! Why our Prime Minister sends his children to Private schools. Great State Schools of the week- ALL OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NSW IN 5 YEARS TIME!www.adogs.info

New federal minister for education (for now) Dan Tehan- who is he and what are his interests and ties? Fight right at the heart of church and state, Catholic boasting about putting politicians in government! Great State School of the Week- Preston Westwww.adogs.info

Religoius factions playing aggressive politics, mainstream media taking the DOGS position, 'Bespoke education'- Australia's private schools are NOT worth the price tag, paying for homogenous segregation with your tax dollars. Great State school of the Week- Rose Hill secondary collegewww.adogs.info

Sectarian war between catholic and Independent schools for Government funding, pressure to remove exemption from anti-discrimination laws for religious oprganisations that are tax-payer funded, calls for churches to lose their charitable status and tax exemptions, issues of separation of church and state. Great State School of the week- Newport Lake State Primarywww.adogs.info

Schools warm up for prize fight over school funding. In Australia we don't have any functional separation of religion and the state. LeBron James personal financial contributions to the PUBLIC school system and 'wrap-around' services in the U.S.Great State School of the week- Beaumaris Secondary continuedwww.adogs.info

Catholic and Independent sector playing politics with the education of children in Australia, school funding war has erupted, opinion piece by Chris Bonner echoing the DOGS position, claims that private schools are 'better' than public schools are, simply, FALSE- longitudinal studies prove this to be the case. Great State School of the Week- Beaumaris Secondary collegewww.adogs.info

Failed privatisation experiment in Kinsley (U.K.) and academy chains sees standards plummet, questionable use of funding, government becoming the plaything of multinational corporations, significant problems with private education contracts in Chicago- echoes of similar issues of misappropriation of funds in Victoria. Public Education foundation- publiceducationfoundation.org.auGreat State School...

The parasitic effect of selective state schools, the 'marketplace' of education, Education and Labor departments to be combined in the U.S., DeVos's actions during her tenure as Secretary of EducationGreat State School of the week- Lindfield Public Schoolwww.adogs.info

Obituary for Alan Lidsay Heath. New Government weapon for drilling down into individuals tax returns.  Despite government admissionsof over-funding of Catholic and Independant school systems, funding of these systems has INCREASED. Further analysis of article on privatisation of education in the U.S. and the resulting segregation. Great State School of the week- Glenwaverly Secondary Schoolwww.ado...

Indigenous education and enrollments- where are indigenous children being educated? Gonski and curriculum problems- teachers are left out of the consultation process altogether, continued analysis of privatisation of education in the U.S.Great State School- Wilmot Road Primarywww.adogs.info

Gonski 2.0, Greg Ashman and Glenn Savage article available at Save Our Schools/Dogs Website, continued analysis of article on privatisation of education in the U.S.www.adogs.info

What and who are fuelling the movement to privateise education? Analysis of an important article on privatisation of education, market-based reform of public education in the U.S.Great State School of the week- Hume Central Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Special radiothon edition. Great State School of the Week- Bundoora Secondary College- includes interview with parent of current student.www.adogs.info

Independent and private schools at war, accusations of sectarianism, disability figures in indepepndent schools rise as teachers decide who is disabled- NOT doctors. Great State School of the Week - Ivanhoe Primarywww.adogs.info

The 3 systems of education in Australia, the arms race between private schools, aspirational parents returing to state schools as private enrolments fall nationwide, the rhetoric of choice. Great State School- Knox Central Primarywww.adogs.info

National Sorry Day Edition of the DOGS- $250 million found by ScoMo to fund the anti-constitutional chaplaincy program! Pastoral care program prohibits proselytizing yet providers MUST be Christian (whose directives explicitly demand conversion). Long term negative social and emotional impacts of school closures. Great State School of the Week- Cairns' Woree State Schoolwww.adogs.info

Private schools undermine the most basic principles of government accountability for public expenditure, Nsw Auditor General's report on expenditure on private schools, Qld Auditor general report in 2015 actual;ly found private schools OVER counting student numbers to gain extra funding, Self- regulation for private schools means NO ACCOUNTABILITY. Going issues of Gonski- Jane Caro's take- little...

An out-of-touch budget from an out-of-touch government, the pointless chaplaincy program is funded again, the gonski wars and a return to payment by results? Plus a budget response from the president of the Asutralian Education Union carina Haythorpe.www.adogs.info

Is someone in the state government listening to the DOGS? Govt cut-back opn capit6al investment in Catholic/private schools. Catholic rhetoric has started up again- denying parents choice, lass warfare and so-called values. Gonski 2.0 analysis and implications. Naplan has created a marketplace whwere the grade of each child is the commodity. Great State School of the Week- Templestowe Collegewww.a...