Chris Bonnor

Co-author of 'The Stupid Country’ (2007) and 'What makes a good school' (July 2012).

[Chris Bonnor @Futuredforum]

@mjrowland68 I always think of Patrick Henry: “give me liberty or give me death”. That woman is so lucky, she doesn’t have to choose. She could get both!

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@CathyNutts @JaneCaro @ScottMorrisonMP It sure is a stretch to believe that the Morrison family made a schooling decision based on what a school over 1000km away allegedly taught. But then again, anything for a dog whistle....and it is 14years since John Howard’s values-free accusation!

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@JaneCaro The oft cited decline in Australia’s school achievement comes alongside the growth of selective and private schools. About time we joined the dots

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@JaneCaro The often

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@JaneCaro Fantastic news Jane, a great achievement

[Chris Bonnor @Futuredforum]

@IndSchoolsAus In the light of all we know about comparing schools, systems and countries that's about the silliest claim imaginable.

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@dzyngier @AAtko @JaneCaro And who in their wildest dreams can see the state governments rushing to wind back their funding of Catholic schools to 20%?

[Dr David Zyngier @dzyngier]

@AAtko @JaneCaro @Futuredforum And this is the result

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@gillespi @JaneCaro Loved your article. CIS routinely bring up this crazy idea. Wealthier public school parents already pay higher fees. They are called taxes

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@JaneCaro @kaysuza @dzyngier Birmingham wants the panel to think outside the square. A good benchmark. We have to hold them to that: rethinking what schools are and do!

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@dzyngier @JaneCaro Gonski, Boston and Lisa O'Brien are good choices. Not sure about the others. Now we need quality submissions. Here we go again.....

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@DalePearce3 @KnottMatthew Victoria esp funds non-gov schools at high levels. Wouldn't Gonski 2 have precedence over any other recommendations? Interesting

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@KnottMatthew Yes, they will have to cut back because on average the states already fund 23% of Catholic school public funding. https://t.co/ASlgJfk6tL

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@dzyngier Thanks David. Includes many revelations and stories. More to come, but alas not from Bernie. It is his last gift to a school equity future.

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@Interlime Thanks Andrew....I'll get in and fix that.

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@OCOSVic @MichaelCuddihy @JaneCaro @iamtheoracle @gillespi @lmbva @beshep00 Hi M. I looked at it once but never again. It only shows Aus gov funding. Useless. My School shows both but data is two years old.

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@gillespi @kaysuza @beshep00 @JaneCaro It also shows why comparing AVERAGE gov funding of the SECTORS is misleading. The highest cost kids are esp in GOVT schools on the left.

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@MyMETSJW @gillespi @beshep00 @JaneCaro Good Q. Cath funding columns are higher than Indep schools because of past funding deals. Losing these deals MIGHT now solve the problem?

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@MyMETSJW @gillespi @beshep00 @JaneCaro Be sure to check all the data on the graph. The high catholic and ind columns on the left are for rel few schools and students

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@JaneCaro @iamtheoracle @gillespi @lmbva @beshep00 Yes, unless stated otherwise we always use combined state/fed funding figures. Enables honest comparisons over time and between sectors.