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Sinopsis
The Australian Council for the Defence of Government Schools (DOGS) looks at public education and separation of church and state.
Episodios
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NSW Public Education Party established, public school teachers spending their own money on supplies, private schools get the biggest funding hikes as well as the biggest declines in results and much more
11/02/2023NSW Public Education Party established. Data shows that private schools have the biggest funding increases AND the biggest decline in results. NSW Labor Party announces commitment to end under-funding of public schools. State School principals plead for voluntary parental contributions. 84% of public school teachers spend, per annum, an average of $883 and 90% of state primary school teachers spend an average of $1110 of their OWN money on school supplies. U.S. - In Oklahoma, out-of-state billionaires fund the voucher system lobby. Diane Ravitch receives death threats over her pro-public school stance on education! U.K. - Ministers and Unions dig in amid widespread strike action across the U.K.Great State School of the week - Echuca Primary School a.k.a. 208www.adogs.info
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Funding peculiar religious tenets - the Opus Dei saga, de-funding private schools and much more
04/02/2023Funding peculiar religious tenets - the Opus Dei saga. Why we should de-fund private schools. An unofficial tour of a school cements a teacher's career. U.S.- call to stop public funding of unaccountable and extremist, neo-nazi home school education. U.K.- gross underfunding leads to widespread strike action.Great State School of the week- Melba College Croydenwww.adogs.info
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Back to school - nothing has changed to alleviate educational inequalities, Labor kicks funding can down the road and much more
28/01/2023Back to school - nothing has changed to alleviate educational inequalities. Labor kicks funding can down the road by extending NSRA. Back to school costs forcing low SES families to opt for cheaper SUBJECTS and uniforms. Private schools sending debt collectors to families who are unable to pay. U.S. Examining the under-pinnings and pitfalls of "school choice". U.K. - parents urged to help teachers win the battle for jobs.Great State School of the Week- Woodend Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info
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Reminder of past inequities shows continued current public school disadvantage, private schools continue fee hikes and much more
21/01/2023Reminder 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 School of the week- Pylalong Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info
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Billions of taxpayer dollars going to the purple economy, gross underfunding of public schools continues and much more
07/01/2023Billions 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
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New Year's Eve Great State Schools Special
31/12/2022This 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
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Church abuse of public schools, Labor betrays public schools and much more
24/12/2022Church 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
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Education ministers MUST commit to fully funding public schools, cash for high marks and more
17/12/2022Education 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
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Special consideration for VCE students studying in flooding areas, U.S. religious discrimination against trans/NB kids in schools and much more
12/11/2022Special 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 Joe Hillwww.adogs.info
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Dutton politicizes the curriculum and joins the IPA in some public school teacher bashing, NAPLAN and NEAP(US version) both abject failures and much more
05/11/2022Dutton 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 - Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Paul Robeson singing Joe Hillwww.adogs.info
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Vic govt woos private school vote with $717 million package, Schools in crisis- solutions in disarray, Restoring equity and much more
29/10/2022Vic 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 Copeland. A choral piece by Schola Cantorum called La Date Dominumand finsihing, as we do each week with Paul Robeson's version of Joe Hillwww.adogs.info
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DOGS high court case re-examined by media other than 3CR! and much more
08/10/2022DOGS 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
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Breaching Section 116, Bonner and Greenwell on the Productivity Commission's interim report and much more
01/10/2022Breaching 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
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SPECIAL Australian Fabian's seminar "Should All Australian Schools be Public?"
24/09/2022SPECIAL: 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 the Fabians at - https://www.fabians.org.au/More about the seminar at - https://www.fabians.org.au/schools_funding_20220914Special thanks to the Australian Fabians, Chris Bonner and TomGreenwell.www.adogs.info
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Élite school students acting up AGAIN, the wealthy robbing the poor via extraordinary tax cuts, private school fees continue to escalate and much more
17/09/2022Élite 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 recognition of the civil liberties they strive for on behalf of many minority and disadvantaged groups. The voucher and charter school system is rapidly losing support from the populace in other states.Great State School of the Week- Wandong Primary schoolwww.adogs.info
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Apparent preferential treatment for Catholic schools, petition to properly fund Coburg High school, TAFE funding announcement and much more
10/09/2022Apparent 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 School of the week- Coburg High Schoolwww.adogs.info
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Preferential treatment of religious system, why managerialism can't solve everything in schools and much more
03/09/2022Preferential 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 race theory reaches ridiculous impasse.Great State School of the week- Kerang Technical High Schoolwww.adogs.info
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The purpose of education, corporations turning public schools into their workforce pipelines and much more
27/08/2022The 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
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Teacher shortage won't be solved until we treat teaching as a profession, public education essential to democracy and much more
20/08/2022Teacher 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
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Labor chooses tax cuts for the rich over better funding for disadvantaged schools, former voucher advocate recants support and much more
13/08/2022Labor 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 specifically skilled in applying for disability funding, despite the fact that public schools do the heavy lifting when it comes to disabled and disadvantaged students. Great State School of the week- Sunshine Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info