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Finally a win for the public school lobby.  Greens unveil $10B plan for FREE public education. Rising costs of education putting strain on Australian families. New review highlights gaps in the Tasmanian education system. US - Project 2025 well underway, purging public departments. A suburb with no houses gets $160M high rise school.Great State School of the Week - Wentworth Point High Schoolwww.adogs.info

Academics dancing around the "state aid" issue. Private schools call for national funding boost to offset new state tax. Elite private schools whine about cuts to their MILLIONS in over-funding. PHD students earning next to the minimum, discouraging new generations from further education. UK - small gain through taxes not enough to save broken state education.Great State School of the week - Mount Evelyn Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info       

Winners and losers in Australian education. Over-funded Victorian private schools facing cash cuts.Understanding why Australian families choose private schools.  Forbes high school helping students through adversity. UK- private school teachers may strike US- Devolution of Dept of Education, vouchers for a stratified society. Hearing impaired students excel in academic and leadership roles. Great State School of the week- Brisbane South State High Schoolwww.adogs.info

In defence of public education. Changes in charity status for private schools?  No presents for state schools this year, Parasite - the private school trying to eat a housing estate. Active engagement in democracy. UK- developements on VAT case US- can Trump dismantle the education department?Great State School of the week - Barrenjoey High Schoolwww.adogs.info

Private religious schools depleting the public treasury by billions. T.I.M.S. results highlight need for increased funding to public schools. It's time to change the anti-teacher NAPLAN narrative. Significant gains for school members of the NSW Teachers Fedaeration. New Zealand - curriculam changes. US- power grabs by the religious right, pushing Christianity into public schools. Victoria's smallest Year 12 class celebrates unique school journey as VCE results released.Great State School of the Week- Balmoral K-12 Community Collegewww.adogs.info 

Labor faces backlash over school funding promise. Best schools in Australia revealed as 2024 NAPLAN results are published. Australian primary school students score best ever result in global maths and science tests, despite pandemic disruption."They leave our school flying" - how one Sydney school is defying its disadvantage. Amazibng progress- How regional schools are breaking th elanguage barrier and helping students thrive. US- turbulent times in US public education.Great State School of the week- Delecombe Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Labor and Coalition sell out public education AGAIN. "The Better and Fairer Schools" Legislation passed by Parliament - the official version. The education sector's response to the legislation - "Weak-kneed Incrementalism". The Rationalist Society's response to the QLD government's plan to expand school chaplaincy. US- What McMahon's priorities as Education Secretary will be. Great State School of the Week- Chaffey Secondary College  (features excerpt from Chaffey Senoir Chior end of year performance)www.adogs.info

Some public education wins in the US after the election. ACT wins extra schoolfunding. AEU welcomes continuing fee-free TAFE. Australia's in outer suburbs lacking in infrastructure esp. schools. UK- private schools aren't producing better students, state schools out-perform elite high-fee schools on the GCE level. US- wrestlemania comes to punlic education? As a parent's eldest child sits final exams, they are grateful for the teachers who helped parent the student.Great State School of the Week - Birchup P-12 Collegewww.adogs.info

A Band-aid - Debt relief fails to address inequitable pricing of degrees. Labor's wiping of 20% off HECS barely moves the needle. Kids belong in school, not jail. Victorian schools losing out in the border battle for teachers. US- Trump's 10 point plan for US education now that the Lunatics have taken over the asylum.Great State School of the week - Colac Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Submission to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee on School Funding Bill from Save Our Schools. Dizzying Paralysis- Two Sociologists and a Teacher Wrestle with Meritocracy. NSW Teachers endorse new salary agreement. US- Trump and the Department of Education.  Sydney's little school project named World Building Of the Year.Great State School of the week - Darlinghurst Public Schoolwww.adogs.info

Education is a right - it should not have to depend on charity. New report examines the role of philanthropy in school funding. Should teachers have to pay for basic school items? Australian private school fees among the highest globally. Private schools opportunisitic attempt to lock in over-funding. Public schools underfunding debacle for all states and territories. Student debt relief for young Australians? Overseas - Education around the world UK - Under-funding state schools and class war?Great State School of the Week- Wycheproof P-12 Collegewww.adogs.info

Some good news from America in dark times. Jason Clare's Dead Parrot - Labor's national approach to schooling has failed, it's time for a rethink. "Needs Now For The Future" Discussion Paper Two. UK - Approved "free schools" being reviewed. US - Far-right candidates are trying to take over public schools around the country.Great State School of the Week- Ouyen P-12 Collegewww.adogs.info

Labor's amendment to education bill will not ensure full funding. Australia's school funding system is broken - here's how to fix it. Albanese government gets it wrong on TEACH for Australia. Why are some Australian students having to pay to do PE in public schools. Free school lunches in QLD? US - what Project 2025 really means for schools and much moreGreat State School of the Week- Box Hill Highwww.adogs.info

DOGS congratulate AEU on refusal to compromise on Albanese's school funding plan. AEU places ban on implimentation of NSRA. Money on the table - foregone economic gain from continued underfunding. Students moved to rented premises due to over crowding in CBD public school. US - how the 2024 election could reshape public education.Great State School of the week- University High Schoolwww.adogs.info

It's Pay School! - the price parents pay for their children's education.  Privileges Alchemy - the Pivileged Few, power and the  triumph of the wealthy. Getting schooling wrong - disadvantage goes hand in hand with social segregation. US - Notre Dame University's growing influence on the supreme court.Great State School of the week- Rochester Secondary Academywww.adogs.info

State Aid to Church Schools - A Cancer in the Body Politic. The religous school funding decision that flouted the constitution. Funding review for Melbourne private school swimming in cash, Tasmania signs federal funding agreement locking in inequality. US - a review of both parties education policies. UK - several different countries' emabassies criticise Government plan to levy a tax on private schools.Great State School of the week - Woodside Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Public schools could lose nearly $30 billion if stand off continues. Why the new plan for fairer schools will fail. How to make schools inclusive and safe in 8 steps. Kids are the victims of teaching aid cuts. UK - study about positive outcomes when students study music US - Chicago teachers want to transform their city into a system of care..Great State School of the week- Mt Waverley Primarywww.adogs.info

The history of state aid to private schools - a contested space. Vic rejects funding offer, creating a stalemate. The conditions that make being a teacher almost unmanageable. Majority of NSW private schools recieving morer funding than public schools. US - article on ending US culture warws and moreGreat State School of the week- Bungendore High Schoolwww.adogs.info

Fairer schools in a sea of inequity.  Private schools serving the wealthiest families overfunded by $1 billion. WA schools defrauded by new funding agreement. Public schools killing off sport as private school facilities grow. UK- Uk among the nations who spend the least on early childhood education. US- Whichever side win the November election, US public education is in crisis.Great State School of the week- Yea Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Final part of "Australia's Public Education System - A Wastebasket?" - this paper was delievered at Melbourne University by Jean Ely, full paper available as Press Release 1020 on the DOGS website. Slippery Slopes - Chris Bonner's paper on troubling trends in NAPLAN.  Cobbold on gaming the NAPLAN system. NT funding agreement features more fiddling of figures. UK- Welcome reform in OFFSTED US- School choice swindles demolishing Public education.Great State School of the week- Dandenong High Schoolwww.adogs.info