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Reminder of past inequities shows continued current public school disadvantage.  Private schools continue fee hikes with largest increases in 5 years. Finland schools teaching kids to spot misinformation. A Bondi school is finding ways to improve use of time. U.S.- conservative groups fail propositions for voucher system. U.K. - A view on the UK being a hostile place to bring up kids. Great State...

Billions of taxpayer dollars going to the purple economy. Gross underfunding of public schools continues with no chance of reqching their SRS in sight. Disadvantaged students strive and thrive despite under-resourcing. U.S.- School communities united create better schools, climate change sciences introduced as a permanent subject. Great State School of the week- Elphinstone Primarywww.adogs.info

This week we have a look at just a few of the great state schools we have featured throughout 2022. The schools featured in this are-Coburg High School, Churchill Primary School, Carlton Primary School, Coburg Primary School, North Melbourne Errol Street Primary, Coodanup College, Hazelwood North Primary. Final Great State School of the week of the year- Templestowe College or T.C.www.adogs.info

Church abuse of public schools via fund squeezing. Labor betrays public schools with no change to funding agreements in sight. Why are there few to no poor kids in Legal Studies? U.S.- Skirmish over voucher system in Texas. Bogus claims that public schools indoctrinate students. Great State School of the week- Horsham Collegewww.adogs.info

Education ministers MUST commit to fully funding public schools. Private school enrolments increase. Some private schools offering cash for high marks. U.K.- Strike action and Tory education funding failures. U.S.- Voucher system damaging to student outcomes. Flood affected students shine out in the face of adversity. Great State School of the week- Echuca Collegewww.adogs.info

Special consideration for VCE students doing ATAR in flooding areas. U.S. religious discrimination against trans/NB kids in schools. NSWTF rally for TAFE. U.S. - Charter schools and the Texan right. U.K.- Music program for disadvantaged students. Great State School o fthe Week- Mildura Primary SchoolMusic - Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man, Schola Cantorum's La Date Dominum and Paul Robeson's...

Dutton makes politics of the curriculum and does some teacher bashing. IPA joins in and launches a campaign to attack public school teachers - WHY?! Perrottet stance on teachers creates more shortages. NAPLAN - a blunt instrument fails the delicate task of marking humanities. U.S - NEAP (their own blunt instrument) fails just like our NAPLAN.Great State School of the Week- Bright P-12 CollegeMusic...

Vic government woos private school vote with $717 million package. Fighting for the next generation. Chris Bonner's "Schools in crisis- solutions in disarray". Restoring equity in school funding- as though it were ever equitable to begin with! U.S. -book banning in Missouri. Great State School of the week - Glenroy Central Primary SchoolMusic - intro, as always, Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron...

DOGS high court case re-examined by media other than 3CR as religious schools flout Section 116 of the Constitution openly. Inequality leads to inequality in results for students. Great State school of the week -Hoppers Crossing Secondary Collegewww.aogs.info

Breaching Section 116 of the Australian Constitution.  Bonner and Greenwell on the Productivity Commission's interim report. UNbeaching the whale- STOP funding private schools with public money. U.S. - Charter schoools and privatisation. Great State School of the week- Brunswick Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

SPECIAL: Featured audio from the  Australian Fabian's web seminar "Should All Australian Schools be Public?", with Chrius Bonner and Tom Greenwell, co-authors of Waiting for Gonski: How Australia Failed its Schools. For visual charts accompanying the seminar, visit - https://theconversation.com/still-waiting-for-gonski-a-great-book-about-the-sorry-tale-of-school-funding-178016Find out more about t...

Élite school students acting up AGAIN as Knox's culture of entitlement endangers the community.   The wealthy rob the poor via extraordinary tax cuts for the very rich which siphons funding from crucial public services such as education.  Private school fees continue to escalate, some jumping by 50%, yet STILL they drain the public purse! U.S. - unions are gaining popularity in some states in reco...

Apparent preferential treatment for Catholic schools? U.S. separation of church and state supreme court decision risks religious freedom. A petition to properly fund Coburg High school being tabled by legislative council. TAFE funding announcement welcomed by AEU. Eastern Sydney residents push for more PUBLIC high schools. Community schools in the U.S. and the public school tradition. Great State...

Preferential treatment of religious systems.  Why managerialism can't solve everything in schools. What does the dramatic fall in GCSe results tell us? That private schools are gaming the system! Tax cuts for the rich affecting public education and health services. U.S. - Will the George Dawson School in Texas ban the biography of its namesake because it speaks of slavery? The debate over critical...

The purpose of education. Corporations turning public schools into their workforce pipelines. Teachers crisis won't resolve until we end the game of political football. Deeds, Not Actions, from Angelo Gavriolatus. U.S.- far-right book banning hypocrisy finds the bible banned. Great State School of the week- Lyndhurst Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Teacher shortage won't be solved until we treat teaching as a profession, not a trade. Call to shed light on private schools' top salaries and their so-called 'charity' status. U.S.- public education essential to democracy, cyber-voucher system proving to be as dodgy as it sounds! Great state school of the week- Boolarra Primarywww.adogs.info

Labor chooses tax cuts for the rich over better funding for disadvantaged schools. Former school voucher advocate recants support in recognition that the voucher system actively destroys educational opportunity and outcomes. Private schools under pressure as LUXURIES are the first to go. Private schools accessing more and more disability funding due to their ability to hire staff who are specifica...

Despite consistent attacks and rhetoric suggesting it's in decline, public education still serves at least 66% of Australian students. The continuing abject failure of neo-liberalism. Performance based pay foisted onto NSW teachers makes the teachers' crisis worsen. Australian people reject discrimination on basis of religion as more of the community identify as having no religion. Continuing the...

Far-right and Coalition attacking and attemting to hijack the curriculum. State governments losing control over funding and policy in schools as the National Schools Reform Agreement begins. The detrimental effects of neo-liberalism on education. Great State School of the week-  Malmsbury Primary schoolwww.adogs.info

State aid has proven bad for religion as census data shows that the nation has drifted away from Christianity.  If you fail teachers, you are failing children. Hundreds of private schools overfunded by hundreds of millions, education economist finds. Ensuring the highest quality public education. Great State School of the week- Bright P-12 Collegewww.adogs.info

Whatever happened to the "FREE" in free public education? Record amount of parent expenditure on free state education! Ongoing teacher shortages. Jane Caro continues her response to the debate about the Chaplaincy program in government schools. U.S.- Arizona govt  ignore the voting populace and continue to direct public fuinding to charter schools, despite an overt public vote against the move. Gr...

RADIOTHON SPECIAL feat. Fight for Survival - Cultural Resistance : Reasonable, Rational, Responsible - the story of Northlands Secondary College. We chat to historian Clare Land and instructor/activist Alexander Walker about the struggle for Northlands school in the 90s. The Melbourne museum is currently holding a special exhibition featuring students artworks, commmunity responses and the rousing...

New Minister for Education Jason Clare- talking the talk, but will he walk the walk? NSW and VIC governments push Albanese government to boost public education. Education in times of conflict. Great State School of the Week- Cabramatta Public SchoolPlease help help 3CR Community Radio and the DOGS stay on air for another year by donating to our annual Radiothon-https://www.3cr.org.au/donatewww.ado...

Who is our new education minister Jason Clare? Public education day 2022. Public education activism jumps the class divide. Sick school reality as flu and covid continue to wreak havoc at schools. Scientology misleads parents at its schools via a Montessori link. Great State School of the week- Lysterfield Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Christians and the federal election- article by former bishop George Browning.  Duplicities in funding from education minister (at time of recording) Stuart Robert.  Plan to increase tenfold teachers with H.A.L.T. (Highly Accomplished or Lead Teachers) status by addressing remuneration. This election, both major parties ignore the education funding policy issue. "The parable of the amen-snorter an...