SaveOurSchoolsAust
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Save Our Schools Australia is a public education advocacy group supporting equity in education
Joined July 2013
Is that all there is? A bad deal for government schools -
johnmenadue.com
This year’s budget will not set school education alight. It contains too many harsh lights, some bright lights and certain very soft lights. Funding arrangements have endured in the budget that will...
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School funding must change to improve equity and achievement in Australian schools
education.unimelb.edu.au
School funding must change to improve equity and achievement in Australian schools
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The Treasury Tax Expenditure & Insights Statement shows it is a golden age of tax concessions for the rich. They benefitted $40 billion from 7 major tax concessions in 2019-20. The avarice of the rich is robbing disadvantaged schools & other public services of funding.
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Failed school reforms remain three years after ‘ad-hoc’ policy dropped
smh.com.au
A new report says education officials lost oversight of staffing and budget decisions at NSW schools as a result of a failed reform.
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‘Transformational gifts’: Perth’s richest schools get close to $70 million in donations
watoday.com.au
Christ Church Grammar School received $25 million in donations over five years. But governments do not take this into account when providing public funds.
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Sydney private schools spend millions on land for new campuses. It is a new round of the arms race in luxurious faciliteis part funded by by the taxpaher. Recurrent taxpayer funding allows more fee income to be spent on luxury faciliteis.
smh.com.au
Schools bolster their property holdings as they compete to offer more outdoor education and residential camps.
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44 wealthy Vic private schools have raked in $300M in donations & investment income in 5 years. This income is ignored in assessing their need for govt funding. It is a major flaw in how privae schools are funded so they are massively over-funded. Read @
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Shocking Inequity in NSW school outcomes and funding -
johnmenadue.com
The latest NAPLAN results show shocking inequalities in school outcomes between highly advantaged and disadvantaged students in NSW.
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Labor’s delay on public schools funding deal a ‘betrayal’ of disadvantaged students, advocates say
theguardian.com
Australia’s education minister Jason Clare says government still committed to schools getting 100% ‘fair funding’
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This is a powerful piece on the role of private schools in the UK with relevance to Aust. Radical change being needed to overcome elitism in education | Observer editorial
theguardian.com
In acting as a conveyor belt to the most sought-after jobs, many schools shut out more able young people
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More obsenity by elite private schools. Principals at top private schools notch up pay packages of nearly $1 million supported by taxpayer funding
smh.com.au
Confidential data that shows some private school principals receive remuneration packages of up to $970,000 has put the spotlight on transparency around top staff pay.
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NT's racist schol funding system exposed. Some remote NT schools receiving funding for less than half of enrolled students under 'effective enrolment' model, data reveals https://t.co/6tme1qeijV via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Some remote schools in the Northern Territory are receiving funding for less than half of their enrolled students under a controversial attendance-based model.
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Victoria is a failed education state because it has failed to fully fund public schools. Vic public schools are equal second most under-resourced system in Aust. They are funded at only 84.6% of their Schooling Resource Standard while private schools are funded at 102%
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One quarter of low SES & Indigenous Year 9 students in Victoria are below reading national standards. One-third are below the writing standard.Victoria is not "The Education State".
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Far from being "The Education State" claimed by the Andrew Govt, Victoria is a failed eduation state. It continues to fail on equity in school outcomes. It continues to vastly under-resource public schools. Read @
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Disadvantaged year 9 students have the academic level of a year 5 child
theage.com.au
A fresh analysis of this year’s NAPLAN results reveals there has been a serious long-term decline in the literacy and numeracy levels of Victoria’s most disadvantaged students.
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Cranbrook unveils $125m revamp. This arms race is fuelled by govt funding. Cranbrook got $6M in govt funding in 2020. This frees up fee income to gold plate their facilities. It is an obsenity that such schhools get govt funding
smh.com.au
Its new centre includes 25 new classrooms, a double-height orchestra room, a 267-seat theatre, a chapel, an Olympic-sized pool and a gymnasium.
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Australia’s inequality machine runs on insecure labour and wage theft
theage.com.au
Our nation has not been this consistently unequal since the 1930s, and that has not happened by accident, Ben Schneiders writes in his new book.
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If Australia wants to improve school outcomes, we need to define what 'equity' really means https://t.co/Z01X5xAdAJ via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
Three years ago, Australian governments committed to promote equity in schools. But we don’t have a clear definition of what it looks like.
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