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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...

Despite public schools being in crisis, education is not an election issue for either of the major parties. Labor refuses to commit to funding public schools to 100% of their S.R.S.  Australia's global education peculiarity-  being the only country to fund private elite schools MORE than public schools!  Labor proposes cash incentives for students with high ATARs if they becone teachers. And much,...

Main parties ignore education as an election issue as Jane Caro and the Reason party platform on school inequity.  NSW Teachers Federation strike action addresses teacher shortage. Scomo and the LNP's record on school funding. A big spend in Victoria on suburban schools. U.S. - Oakland's community schools closing, leaving maginalised groups with even less access to vocational education and trainin...

The history syllabus, ANZACs and public education. $10 billion more in overfunding elites- no surprises there. The education revolution you'll keep paying for. Skills crisis and the destruction of TAFE. I.B. results raising eyebrows with so many "perfect" scores. U.S. - Maths books and critical race theory?! Oligarchs destroying public education in America. Great State School of the week- Kew High...

BILLIONS in over-funding to elites- a closer look at figures for QLD and NSW. Morrison's building the unlucky country. Critical pedagogy in the age of neoliberalism. U.S.- Florida rejects MATHS BOOKS claiming they contain critical race theory, meaning that any mention of factual history is being actively censored. Great State School of the week- Hazelwood North Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Where major parties stand on education funding policy. Scomo and Roberts throwing public school children overboard with their "devil take the hindmost' approach to education. Chaplaincy program and religious discrimination bill. Exhausted teachers and principals leaving schools. U.S. - charter schools and mismanagement. Great State school of the week- Coburg Primarywww.adogs.info

State aid auction/election- neither LNP or ALP tackle inequity in education. Caro and the REASON party support public education. Research shows 130 private schools are OVER funded by $120 MILLION. The decade they killed TAFE. Vouchers in Ohio. Great State School of the week- Bendigo East Collegewww.adogs.info

DOGS remind us of the importance of separation of church and state. Jane Caro and Chris Bonner discuss Chris' book "Waiting for Gonski" on Jane's weekly webinar session Reasonings with Jane, full discussion available here-https://www.janecaro4reason.com.au/reasonings_with_jane_hard_lessons_newswww.adogs.info 

ScoMo says taking care of public schools is NOT HIS JOB! Gonski on Gonski and its failed  implementation.  AEU easter uprising for TAFE. Private college closes on students via TEXT message, giving them one week to organise alternatives or they face fines and debt! Queanbeyan students only allowed in the classroom for 3 days per week due to covid, teacher shortages and myriad other issues created b...