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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...

The politicisation of teacher education. Private school funding has increased twice as much as public school funding in the decade since Gonski.  How competition is ruining Australian education. US- Pandemic relief funds spent on anything BUT education UK- removing the tax free status of private schools. Great State School of the week - Rockbank Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

The DOGS submission to the current NSRA inquiry - a history of education funding in Australia. The GINI co-efficient and where Australia sits on an international income inequality scale. UK - Faith schools almost entirely funded by the state and actively proselytising "discipleship" using taxpayer funds. US - For profit charters proliferate since Trump setting up "classical" vs "progressive" educa...

Entanglement of religion and state in Australia- research from the Rationalist Society. Another NSRA inquiry. Labor softens on payroll tax. Private school principals to have pay scrutinised. Press release from the AEU. UK- Education Union seek to increase teachers wages. US- Charter schools siphoning funds from public schools, separation of church and state crumbling. Teaching hellfire in public s...

Bonnor and Greenwell's "Common Framework" only a partial solution. Good story/ bad theory with a failure to check privilege. Damning evidence of massive private school overfunding- 40% of private schools get over 100% of their SRS! (features excerpt from ABC's 7:30 Report's Connor Duffy) US- Supreme Court refuses to rule on whether Charter Schools are public or private. Northern Ireland- huge fund...

What's going on with rural students beyond NAPLAN. The type of school matters when it comes to a child's academic performance. Elite universities favouring the privileged. "Nuclear reforms" needed says Labor MP to weed out dodgy VET providers. US- Vouchers in Ohio, and wealthy students using vouchers more than low SES students. UK- finding that faith schools foster unfairness with "on your knees,...

RADIOTHON SHOW! Includes full regular program. The sectarian elites who determine Australian education funding policy.  Under-funded public schools suffer as rising inequality in the Australian school system leads to drop in the standard of education. Billions of Catholic revenue should be tapped to fund the sex abuse crisis. OECD recommends banning using religion as an entrance criteria to educat...

Labor drops the word 'secular' from the education section in the new draft on policy platform. Private schools cry poor at payroll tax proposal. Victoria waters down proposed payroll tax on high-fee private schools. NSW Dept of Education pay $10 Million to 'consultants' for 'expert' advice. Selling out our education system to for-profit multinationals. A growing NSW town, an unbuilt $71 million hi...

Victorian budget to introduce a payroll tax for high-fee private schools- recognising them as the FOR-PROFIT businesses that they are! Poor little rich people in UK complain about state students taking university places. International students in Australia going homeless and hungry. US- Texas says no to voucher legislation, with vociferous support coming from pastors wishing to maintain separation...