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The coalition's commitment to vocational funding is conditional- we look at the devil in the details. Coalition sensitive about private school expenditure of public money and the rorting of needs based funding.AEU President Angelo Gavriolatus on Black Lives Matter.

A new phase in the state aid debate as more people come around to DOGS way of thinnking, recognising inequity inherent in current system. Coalition just following orders.Great State School of the week- Keilor View Primary

Separation of church and state in the U.S. has been turned on its head with the U.S. Supreme Court decision re: Espinoza vs Montana. Reactions to the ruling, its moot status and Betsy DeVos's new low. In Australia, funding for private schools has grown 15 times more than public counterparts.  Cate, a special needs student, is expelled by a private school- parents take the school to court.www.adogs.info

State aid and school enrollments. Large numbers of students have no access to the internet at hoe. Kids going back to school- state schools forced to reurn. U.S. education with Diane RavitchGreat State School of the Week- Brunswick East Primarywww.adogs.info

The effect of plague on disadvantaged schools and students. Jobkeeper payments and priests. U.S. education and charter schools ripping off the taxpayer.www.adogs.info

May 28th- Public Education Day- recognising the role public education plays in society. Black Lives MatterTurnbull and catholic hypocrisy.Finally, we hear voices from AEU website celebrating Public Education Day, including-Craig Reucassel, David Zygnier, Sally McManus, Michelle O'Neil, Helen Richardson, Lara Golding, and David Hetheringtonauefederal.org.au/news-media/public-education-day www.adogs.info

State School values and private school business plans in time of plague. Business models for high fee paying schools will have to change. In the UK, thousands of priary schools snub the call to return to class. Pollies arbitrarily setting a return date to school- teachers say FAIL. Trump's bible walk.www.adogs.info

Cabbage Tree Island- a lesson in disadvantage as Covid 19 hits an island with few I.T. resources. Jean's experiences in the 1960s of this school that sits over 300 points below the average ICSEA value. In the U.S., Betsy DeVos siphons relief funds meant for public schools into private and charter schools- sound familiar? Numbers on enrolments in NSW show many exceeded caps.www.adogs.info

Living in the world of the egalitarian MYTH- 'Equality of opportunity' rhetoric in tatters. The World Inequality Database. Federal government gives millions to private schools for 'hygiene', with nothing for public schools. Disturbing article from Gary Marks about genetic predispositions, using debnked research, asserts those with low s.e.s. have inherently low intelligence- these ideas are part os Australian policy make-up!www.adogs.info

Documentary special on DOGS high court case of 1981 on ABC Radio National. A nation can lose its freedom in a day and not wake up to the fact for a century."The High Court Dog-Fight on School Funding"- part of the Section 71 - High Court Cases that Changed Australia series, presented by Patrick Keyzer, produced by Jane Lee, sound engineer Melissa May, supervising producer Michelle Raynerhttps://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-history-listen/section-71:-the-high-court-dog-fight-on-schools-funding/12202220www.adogs.info

Matters of Church and State- Turnbull's memoir references the duplicitous and unaccountable 'needs' based funding, exposing the arrogance of the church. Bigger mortgages do NOT mean you are disadvantaged. Pell's knowing involvement with relocating predators and the Catholic church's refusal to be accountable for anything. Inequality is a feature of Australian education system. Janet Albrechtson's eugenics-like valuation of human lives: all lives are not WORTH the same!www.adogs.info

2 press releases! Advances of BILLIONS in funding to private schools- no mention of any special treatment for  public schools. 80% of disadvataged students attend state schools, 90% of indigenous children attend public schools yet the insecure private education BUSINESSES continue to demand billions of taxpayer dollars. U.S.- movement to ban the inequitable charter schools system. No state schools= NO ECONOMYState Schools Relief- organisation attempting to aid public schools- www.ssr.net.au/schools www.adogs.info

Public schools are now, more than ever, a community hub, while the virus exposes the dodgy business practices of private schools. How private IS private when the public keep paying again and again, with private schools gouging recurrent taxpayers funds. U.S. Education Secretary DeVos is dedicated to destroying the public system as the Public Education Network and Diane Ravitch send an open letter to V.P. Biden calling for the elimination of the federal charter school program.Great State School if the Week- East Lodden P-12 Collegewww.adogs.info

Teachers asked to put their lives on the line- Morrison using public school teachers as glorified babysitters. Public school teachers at the front line of growing inequalities, growing concern for disadvantaged students. Public school teachers are indispensable to the wellbeing of our nation. Private schools scramble to guarantee ongoing funding, despite falling enrolments. Thank you for your patience with our production capabilities- we are now set up to produce our weekly DOGS program remotely ergo can podcast the available audio. Unfortunately, podcasts of the past 3 DOGS programs will not be available until we can access the station again. Apologies for any inconvenience, weekly press releases are available, as usual, from our website. www.adogs.info 

The dangerous stupidity of constant assessment. Tehan THREATENS children with tests so he can say he's doing his job. Almost $20 billion of RECURRENT funding to private schools and now the 'Choice and Affordability' fund!The history of the 'test', from industrialisation to I.Q. tests.Great State School of the Week- Hornsby Girls Highwww.adogs.info

As the new funding model comes out, the Federal government decides to give more cash to Private schools with NO mention of public schools, passing the buck to the State governments. More than 1 in 3 children do not have access to the necessary infrastructure to succeed in education. This tells the kids- your government does not care about you. The MYTH of Equality. Funding exacerbating the disparity between private and public schools with non-government sector schools getting a $3.4 Billion boost, while public schools get NOTHIING. Over 80% of disavantaged students go to public schools and 90% of disadvantaged schools are PUBLIC. Philanthropy is NO WAY to run an education system! This generation is LESS well educated than the previous generation and that is a national disgrace.Great State School of the Week- ALL 90% of our Disadvantaged Public Schools www.adogs.info

The global privatisation of Basic education and Diane Ravitch's book "Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools". Justice Michael Kirby on the religious discrimination bill. Many religious people agree that this bill is a bad idea and agree that it is dangerous.Great State School of the Week- Bobin Primary School, NSWww.adogs.info

Last word on statistics- new figures (R.O.G.S.) show huge funding increases to private schools and cuts to public schools as R.O.G.S. overestimates spending on public schools. St Kevin's College supporting paedophiles DURING the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse! Mandatory reporting of abuse and the law. Federal and state funding.Great State School of the Week- Auburn High Schoolwww.adogs.info

Part 2 of Lies, damned lies and statistics with the Report On Government Services. Analysing numbers and people/funding processes- how is it in Australia that private schools get so much public money?- the functional processes that allow this disparity- while the public sector is still responsible for the majority of Australian children. Plus the Catholic Education Office justifies why they can't tell us where all the government funding for schools actually ends up.Great State School of the Week- Frankston State High Schoolwww.adogs.info

Statistics showing income disparity widening. Funding increases to private schools DOUBLED while every state has CUT funding to public schools. A public school student is worth 28% of a private school student according to the Australian government. Australia's bifurcated education system- one for the rich and one for the poor. A look at the education system in Dehli. Our OECD report is F for Fail- needs improvement!Great State School of the Week- Bendigo Special Developement Schoolwww.adogs.info