SaveOurSchoolsAust

Save Our Schools Australia is a public education advocacy group supporting equity in education

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Is that all there is? A bad deal for government schools - https://t.co/lnu8RXv0Om

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School funding must change to improve equity and achievement in Australian schools https://t.co/BSwT0qOh9C

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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 https://t.co/mrzs4kRq0h

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‘Transformational gifts’: Perth’s richest schools get close to $70 million in donations https://t.co/jh4zaG3gTF

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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. https://t.co/Ed7JnSrntg

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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 @ https://t.co/sEc6QYqLdJ

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Shocking Inequity in NSW school outcomes and funding - https://t.co/XcIw25o8H3

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Labor’s delay on public schools funding deal a ‘betrayal’ of disadvantaged students, advocates say https://t.co/e0EmblVsBy

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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 https://t.co/4OrTxDfiDW

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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 https://t.co/IVNjNVvDs2

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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

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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 @ https://t.co/o2HsbT0cUQ

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Disadvantaged year 9 students have the academic level of a year 5 child https://t.co/uO7x9KBqWX

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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 https://t.co/qFfM8hXepa

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Australia’s inequality machine runs on insecure labour and wage theft https://t.co/t6ffByCJUr

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Public Education – a test for the ALP - https://t.co/xeLTi5oObb

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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