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Election win for Public Education, win for TAFE,  Significant increases in private school fees- Catholic school parents warned not to vote Labour or Teal. Money matters in education. Inside a Sydney school's $60m castle development. US- undermining education, charter schools.Great State School of the week- Birchip P-12 Schoolwww.adogs.info

No substitute for TAFE - AEU and NSWTF comment on Coalition plans for "tech" colleges and scrapping free TAFE.  Hope as US universities find backbone against Trump's assault on education. Teachers starve while serving others.  Senior Ballarat grammar students accused of striking younger peers. US - Title 1 legislation, a history of the US education department and Trump's education secretary sends debt collectors after students.Great State School of the Week- Corryong Collegewww.adogs.info

School funding agreements fail to guarantee full and fair funding for public schools. Worst paid teachers on Australia spoiling for a fight. More than half of Australia's school principals intend to quit. How Australia's "worst" school transformed after a public low-point. UK- "Academies" fuel explosion in school costs. US- Are community schools the positive disruptors public education needs? Great State School of the week- Bairnsdale Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

DOGS commend Murat Dizdar's defending public education and questioning the private sector. Independent schools put up a smokescreen to distract from over-funding. Dutton being the Temu-Trump and dictating what students are taught. US- Trump sanitising history.Great State School of the week- Lara Lake Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Billions of tax dollars later and religious schools rolling in resource advantages, yet still crying poor. Fears of Dutton's cut-price Trump approach to education if elected. US- wild policies, by amatuers, based on lies, Murat Dizdar fighting to stem the flight to private schools.Great State School of the Week- Woorana Park Primarywww.adogs.info

Charitable tax exemptions and resource advantages of private sector schools make a  mockery of public school funding conditions, The emotional lives of teachers. US- Department of Education laid off one third of its worksforce.Great State School of the Week - St Arnaud's Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Trump push for school vouchers. GG Sam Mostyn a vocal advocate for public education. QLD signs the Better and Fairer Schools agreement for extra $2.8 B. Critical time for the future of fee-free TAFE. US- Education's eve of destruction.Great State School of the Week- Narrabundah Collegewww.adogs.info

Entrenching resource advantage for Private schools. Clare says the deal to fully fund NSW public schools is a decade overdue but will take a decade to fully arrive. The 50 public schools in Australia where parents pay the highest voluntary fees. Full funding of public schools is at risk if there is a change of government. UK- Lords vote against ending tax break for private schools. US- Musk on Department of Education - no such department exists.Great State School of the Week- Foster Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Research shows money matters in education. No student left behind with historic funding agreement in NSW. This agreement was immediately compromised when the shadow minister refused to confirm they would not commit to the agreement. US- Trump and the problematic origin of charter schools and voucher systems.Great State School of the week- Clunes Primanry Schoolwww.adogs.info

DOGS Special International Women's Day broadcast featuring great women activists for public education - Jane Caro, Dianne Ravitch and our own Jean Ely talking about her many years of activism and the fight for Richmond Girls SchoolGreat State School of the week - Melbourne Girls College ( formerly Richmond Girls School)www.adogs.info

Public school funding falls behind. NSW/QLD  public schools losing billions as stand-off continues. Australian public schools voluntary fees surge almost 40% in 2 years. Private and Public schools - the ILLUSION of collaboration. US - new right wing 'reform' group targets school boards.Great State School of the week - Yarram Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

ROGS 2025 - Government funding for private schools outpaces public schools. Public policy failure as number of public school students falls to record low. Investment needed to reinvigorate school/family/community partnerships. Device donations. US- Trump dumpGreat State School of the Week- Casterton Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Should public schools be pathetically grateful for anything they get? (short answer NO!) Caro - Funding delayed is funding denied! Australian students brace for heat wave - is it true that schools close at 40*C? Pay and conditions win for Victorian TAFE teachers. US- NO Department of Education!Great State School of the Week - Trentham District Primarywww.adogs.info

Public schools bear the greatest burden of disadvantage. A road-map to navigating the ED-TECH landscape.  Albanese promising fee-free TAFE (if re-elected)- how would that work? A teacher who told her Sydney Catholic school that she was transitioning, allegedly asked to move on and not given shifts. US- horrendous series of events, featuring an explication of the current dismantling of public goods ergo infrastructure including schools, threat to democracy and the world at large.Great State School of the week - Korumburra Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

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