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How free are public schools? Charities and community groups help parents face the new school year. Impossible decisions as families prep for school. Summer - heat, cicadas and private school fee hikes. Australian students aren't trying in PISA exams, showing appropriate disdain. US- 'Dark' Money behind voucher push. France - Education minister caight out in lie about public schools. Great State Sc...

Opposition to religious charter schools in US. Productivity commission should recommend ending  tax deductibility for private school donations. Schools funding and reforms panel- 5 key takeaways. Safety, fairness and privacy in AI. US- propaganda VS factsNo DOGS program on the 20th due to special broadcast of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulbouyheener Memorial on 3CRGreat State School of the week- Bright...

Politicians, official reports and commentariat seeking compromise in the state aid fiasco. "Dogs breakfast" philanthropy laws contributing to private school over-funding. New review makes groundbreaking call for transformation of Australian education. New report wants more funding and better support for Australian schools. Private schools show biggest decline in PISA rankings. US- extreme right gr...

Sorrell and Dale chat about their respective state school experiences which are our great state schools for the week! These schools include Blackrock Primary(Vic), Mentone Girls Secondary(Vic), Sandringham Secondary (Vic), Glenmore State Primary (QLD) and Glenmore State High school (QLD).  More public school NAPLAN wins! Neurodiversity in kids and education.www.adogs.info

Public schools out-performing their private school counterparts in NAPLAN. New Primary schools to open in 2024 to have new Indigenous names. Parents income segregating children. More on NSRA discussions. Demands to fully fund State schools to their full SRS entitlement. The great ATAR divide. Worldwide- The long-term efects of the covid lockdowns are now becoming apparent. Great State school NAPAL...

PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) results justify need for funding overhaul of Australian Education. Analysis of PISA results by Save Our Schools' Trevor Cobbold and Finnish educator and scholar Pasi Sahlberg. A major review and recommendations for new NSRAs. ATAR results - when can students expect them and what do they actually mean? U.S.- Quarter of a century of vouchers in Mil...

Report shows public funding heavily favours private primary schools.  Australia's most disadvantaged students are up to 5 years behind their wealthy peers. Australian education in longterm decline due to curriculum as well as funding. AEU gives the disruptive classrooms report an F for FAIL, as it fails to consider complex issues at play. U.K. - Labor could abandon Sunak's maths reforms to focus o...

New Rorris report shows gross public funding favouritism for PRIVATE schools. Less than half of the federal cabinet attended state schools, data shows. Australia's wealthiest private schools earned $4.8 BILLION in 2021. Private schools raising fees using the teachers' pay-rise as an excuse. U.S.- Bills proposed to create gag orders, stopping teachers from teaching about race, history, gender and m...

Swedish School's Minister declares "free" private school system a failure.-CONTENT WARNING- violence towards women perpetrated by men. Power and Violence in Private Schools - The cultural problem of minimising bad behaviour of young men and shielding them from real-world consequences, a real focus on maintaining reputation by playing down sexual harassment within the elite school culture, to prote...

Identity politics is destroying our public schools. W.A. Teachers Union calls for NAPLAN to be scrapped and for more regulation on independent schools. The plan to tax international students.  Christian home-schooling group targets "woke" (ie. INCLUSIVE) and "idealogically driven" public education despite religous schools, themselves, being DRIVEN BY IDEOLOGY! AEU says we need more than a recruitm...

Victoria's new Premier and Education minister's educational background. Private school funding model is increasingly incoherent and irrational. Government commitment to funding diverse and inclusive fee-free TAFE. Federal Education Minister Jason Clare launches the first faith-based education summit! National teachers roadtrip begins in Melbourne on World Teacher's Day. UK- Good outcome for public...

Private boarding school in Alice Springs raises questions including conflict of interest issues.  Attempts made to tighten rules around private schools accessing the Coalition's slush fund- the "choice and affordability" fund. The rich/poor gap in our schools is growing. The school funding wars - when the rich win, the country loses. US- Oklahoma Attourney General sues state to stop virtual charte...

Victoria's public school among the most under-resourced while wealthy private schools hike up fees. Employment white paper- TAFE workforce must be supported to deliver initiatives and quality, fee-free TAFE is at risk without TAFE teachers. AEU petitions for paid placements for education students. US- tech fails to achieve education goals. UK- church leaders deny that their schools discriminate ag...

Critique of Bonner and Greenwell's proposal to fully fund private schools- this is NOT the answer in a SECULAR public school system. Anglican dirty linen aired in sacking of Brisbane headmaster. Almost 1/2 of private school parents say they would consider switching to a better funded public school system. NSW governments commits to a pay-rise for teachers. US- Texas governor bullying for voucher s...

New Schools Agreement must embrace key principles for school funding including fully funding of public schools by 2028. Private schools sue families for fees. Why are university degrees in Australia getting more expensive? Education minister backs advocacy group for religious chaplains in public schools. US- Bad news for students when charter schools close, and they close often as they are run by...

Fully funding private schools is NO SOLUTION to equity in education.  NSRA consultation paper. The fallacy of genetic determination of inherited cognitive abilities. Hail Australia's public school P&Cs and their tireless fundraising. US- the movement for public schools is NOT dead! Great State school of the week - Edgars Creek Primarywww.adogs.info

Top private schools' exorbitant enrolment fees, parents paying up to $7k before even paying tuition fees! OECD report highlights unmet needs in Australian public education. Public school teachers spending their own money due to underfunding. Free university degrees to entice students to study teaching? US- Right wing idealogues produce Sub-prime voucher schools in church basements and strip malls...

Historical boost to teachers pay in NSW to tackle teacher shortages. On closing the divide between urban and rural student outcomes in Australia. Ruth Bader Ginsberg and her dedication to the separation of church and state. NSW determined not to repeat the mistakes of the former Coalition government by swearing off the regional school mergers that created "super-schools". The importance of saving...

NSRA doomed to fail, as all "needs" policies have. AEU calls for more secure jobs and better pay. Excerpts from a report from the Australia Institute on the case FOR investing in public education. US- School vouchers being used for trips to Disneyland and TVs UK- dodgy building materials used in schools cause closure of over 100 schools. Great State School of the week- Glen Huntly Primary www.adog...

Teachers Unions and Pubic school supporters need to be congratulated for successful lobbying BUT... Fully funding public schools can more than pay for themselves in longterm social benefits. Bonner asks - What happened to Gonski's schools? Teachers and staff at University of Melbourne to go on strike. US- devaluing teaching profession and teacher shortages. UK- Lifetimes of debt and the commodific...

Labor reinserts the commitment to 'secular' education in national policy. Stats show that without enough teachers Australia won't make the grade. Lindsay Connors writes about a better, fairer school system. Teachers turn up the heat on the Minns government. US- Extremist secretary of education trying to take control of Tulsa schools. Great State School of the week- Beveridge Primary Schoolwww.adog...

Teacher shortages and the state aid issue. School autonomy and social justice in education. Labor threatens to remove 'secular' from education policy wording. US- Private/charter school teachers do not need any formal degrees or education training. UK- time to end mandatory Christian belief to enter publicly funded schools. Great State School of the week- Whittlesea Primarywww,adogs.info

Lawsuit attempts to stop the USA's first religious public charter school. Clarion call for equity. SA school's religious request baffles jobseekers. Bush classroom boom. UK- increases in high-fees life altering for parents and students, entrenching privilege is bad for social cohesion. US- Is education reform dead? Reaganomic lies expand charters, increasing loan debts. Great State School of the w...

The Gonski dream - How can governments restore trust in public education? State schools suffer while St Posho's build 'wellness' centres with taxpayer funds. Increased funding has enabled private schools to attract teachers, public school principals say. NSW public schools in disrepair as capital works funding fails to materialise. A Utah high school student ignored his parent's church teaching an...

Australian press and the education funding issue. The Saturday Paper editorial on Class warfare and the LIE that private schools take pressure off the public school system. Where is the Accountability? Indigenous kids bear brunt of inequality. One nuclear submarine could fund the SRS to 2040! U.S.- North Carolina G.O.P. pass bill to increase funding to charter schools, at the expense of public sys...