Press Releases

MYSCHOOL :THE RESOURCE THAT KEEPS ON GIVING- EVIDENCE OF EXTRAORDINARY CAPITAL GRANTS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Press Release 805

Financial analysts have discovered the MYSCHOOL website is a gift that keeps on giving – evidence of gross and ridiculous inequities in education funding.
The MYSCHOOL website, rather than the Gonski ‘Needs” enquiry, is the most valuable inheritance from the Julia Gillard government.
The gross inequities between direct per capita grants to private rather than public schools has been well documented by Trevor Cobbold of Save Our Schools at http://saveourschools.com.au/
The taxpayer is now subsidising some private schools at more than 100% of requisite running costs.
Take them over? But what about their real estate?
Well, now the figures are indicating that taxpayers are paying for that also. So, as the funding and social - but not the educational divide- becomes ever wider, is it time to just – take the private schools over?
The State Aid policy has proved to be a socially divisive, expensive failure.
The time has come for action !

WALMART, MASS SHOOTINGS, GUNS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS

Press Release 804

nother Mass shooting in America, this time in El Paso, Texas – in a crowded Walmart store. Another terrorist. A few more Trumpian tweets, avoiding the gun lobby issue.

Diane Ravitch and other American educators have joined a few dots. It leads one to ask questions of wealthy corporations who sell guns, ban unions and bankroll ‘for profit ‘charter schools’.

Their analysis underlines the dangers inherent in the privatisation of public education.

PRESENTATION COLLEGE CLOSURE

Press Release 803

The closure of the Presentation College Windsor, which allegedly enrolled 700 girls in years 7-12 ,( the actual figure was 466) was given oxygen by the Age on 30 July 2019. This closure opens up issues of Church/State entanglement especially when $1 million for renovations went AWOL.

THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: THE PEOPLE

Press Release 801

                                    AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENCE OF GOVERNMENT

SCHOOLS

PRESS RELEASE 801

THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION :

THE PEOPLE

Supporters of public education in Australia are, understandably, both concerned and weary at the thought of the battle to be fought for three years under a penny pinching,  unsympathetic,  Coalition Government.

'PAYMENT BY RESULTS' AND TEACHER MORALE

Press Release 798

                                        AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENCE OF GOVERNMENT

SCHOOLS

PRESS RELEASE 798

‘PAYMENT BY RESULTS’ AND

AUSTRALIAN TEACHER MORALE

 

There is a looming crisis of both teacher retention and teacher numbers in Australia.

A BLAST FROM THE PAST: JOHN STUART MILL ON SECULAR EDUCATION

Press Release 796

                                 AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENCE OF GOVERNMENT

SCHOOLS

PRESS RELEASE 796

A BLAST FROM THE PAST: JOHN STUART MILL ON SECULAR EDUCATION

As public school parents are bombarded on all sides with funding and religious freedom issues, it is useful to pause, and go back. The battle for public education and religious freedom is long, but hope is longer.