Podcasts by DOGS

Religious freedom bill, an analysis of private school advertising and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.376161

Religious discrimination bill- unnecessary and dangerous to liberty including freedom of conscience and freedom FROM religious discrimination. Church schools wish to exclude children and employees ...

Private V.E.T. providers scam BILLIONS, leaving students in debt, without qualifications plus much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.368065

A look at Chile- culturally, educationally, socially - and the inequitable distribution of wealth. Private V.E.T. providers scam BILLIONS, leaving students in debt, without qualifications. Congesti...

Taxation exemptions and private school rates, Australian Constitutional issues and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.364531

Taxation exemptions and private school rates- private schools and local councils. The Constitution of Australia and SECTION 116- our very own'separation of church and state'clause- referenced by th...

PISA shows Australian students are 3 and 1/2 years BEHIND their international peers from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.355461

Part 2 of'The Real Cost of Private Education'by Thomas Orren. AFL  and Private schools- 4 times more likely to get picked in the AFL draft of you are from one of eleven elite schools- the egalitari...

The educational gulf is widening, constitution ignored in religious bill,"back to basics"the problem, not the solution. from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.344377

Australian constitution is ignored (Sect,116) as government legislates for the furtherment of a particular religion. In the U.S. strikes over private school vouchers."Back to basics"approach has be...

To educate a child in a CIVILISED nation is NOT an act of charity but an investment- education is a fundamental RIGHT of a child. from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.334781

Foundational tenets of U.S. democracy- the separation of church from the state- the fundamental principle upon which the U.S. was built is being compromised - Espinoza Vs Montana. NO functional sep...

Australia's bifurcated education system- one for the rich and one for the poor from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.317629

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 sch...

Over 80% of disavantaged students go to public schools and 90% of disadvantaged schools are PUBLIC. from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.309600

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 ...

Advances of BILLIONS in funding to private schools- no mention of any special treatment for public schools. from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.302025

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 c...

Matters of church and state, inequality is a feature of the Australian education system. from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.298987

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 disadvant...

State School values and private school business plans in time of plague. from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.291414

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 ret...

Separation of church and state in the U.S. turned in its head, while in Australia, funding for private schools receive 15 times more funding than state schools, while a private school expels a special needs pupil. from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.283434

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 l...

Education as a commodity, effects of homeschooling from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.275171

Education as commodity (always a bad idea). One student shares his impressions of home schooling.

Covid shutting the business models that are private schools from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.271041

 Covid shutting the business models that are private schools. The bureaucratisation of education.Great State School of the Week- Mornington Secondary Collegewww.adogs.info

Inequality in time of plague as Catholic schools cannibalise their own. from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.260312

Inequality in time of plague as Catholic schools cannibalise their own. Catholic indenpendent funding authority diverting public funds away from their intended poorer schools to richer flagship sch...

OECD PISA FAIL for Australia, TAFE reform, response to Shore apologists from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.249510

OECD PISA FAIL for Australia, grandparents paying for private school fees, TAFE reform, the flawed business models of private schools, a response to Shore apologists.https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/e...

Special AEU Web Seminar on School Funding Inequity from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.238064

Special AEU web seminar on School Funding Inequity.Full video, including Mr Rorris'  slide presentation available here-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpDLvK7wvAw&feature=youtu.bewww.adogs.info

Private schools deign to either reduce or freeze school fee increases due to COVID. from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.198099

Private schools deign to either reduce or freeze school fee increases due to COVID-19. Private schools are adjusting their post-pandemic business plans.We continue with Jean's presentation of"Karme...

U.S. rorting of public pandemic aid, Education unions in U.K., Dux of Dandenong from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.185481

Rorting in th U.S. of public pandemic aid funding. Education unions in the U.K. Dux of Dandenong. Latham and One Nation directing funding policy in NSW?www.adogs.info

School"choice"movement created by racial segregationists, good news stories from public schools and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.172689

School"choice"movement only exists as an extension of racial segregationists - U.S. model exempifies this. Good news stories from Australian teachers in public schools adapting to regional challeng...

The Integration of private into the public sector - the marriage of 2 completely opposing objectives from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.159673

The Integration of private into the public sector - the marriage of 2 completely opposing objectives: one public, one private. The private sector is publicly funded ot the fullest extent while the ...

This week we concentrate on parents and teachers and whatever happened to free education? from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.147231

This week we concentrate on parents and teachers and whatever happened to free education? Parental contributions to state schools reach record levels. https://theconversation.com/some-public-school...

May Day Memories - the fight for public education from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.135407

DOGS remember Jack Farrer. Memories of public schools that only exist through community action. The Burston Strike School.  Northlands Secondary College. We talk with Stephen Jolly about the fight ...

Tudge fudging figures, former privatiser changes sides as facts don't match rhetoric and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.094042

Tudge fudging figures, former privatiser changes sides as facts don't match rhetoric, exhausted public school teachers after covid,, private schools axe staff discounts.Great State School of the We...

Radiothon! Economic argument for State Aid to private schools NO LONGER VALID, plus much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.086428

RADIOTHON! Please help keep 3cr independent media alive! Donate on behalf of the DOGS here-https://www.givenow.com.au/cause442Economic argument for State aid to private schools is NO LONGER VALID. ...

Extraordinary wealth of elite schools while accessing jobkeeper on top of more taxpayer funding, NAIDOC in schools, plus much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.078879

Extraordinary wealth of elite schools while accessing jobkeeper on top of more taxpayer funding. How schools can take part in NAIDOC- https://www.naidoc.org.au/resources/teaching-guides U.S. charte...

Community schools, OECD on career guidance, COVID lays bare the widening gap between the haves and have nots in the student population and more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.068531

Community schools, OECD on career guidance, COVID lays bare the widening gap between the haves and have nots in the student population. NT has most UNDER funded public schools.Great State School of...

Student mental health concerns as funding goes to chaplains, NOT qualified counsellors, elite schools cue-jumping AGAIN plus much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.060283

Student mental health concerns as funding goes to chaplains, NOT qualified counsellors, elite schools cue-jumping vaccinations AGAIN. Girls school in Afghanistan relocates to Rwanda.APOLOGIES for t...

A win for U.S. public school activists. So-called"charitable"charter school RORTS. The expensive truth about private schools and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.049660

A win for U.S. public school activists. So-called"charitable"charter school RORTS. As English schools open, COVID spreads. The expensive truth about private schools. The Hyde Street Youth Band use ...

The purpose of public education, AEU/NSWTF response to politicising COVID and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.046757

The purpose of public education, lessons from the U.S. The AEU and NSWTF respond to the politicising COVID . Study shows that public school students exceed their private school counterparts in Univ...

Where our pollies went to school and the pathways to Parliament, Nobel research of education funding, misguided indigenous and disadvantaged NT education policies and more from 2023-12-12T20:31:22.036985

Where our politicians went to school and the pathways to parliament. Nobel research points to greater need for investment in education funding. The misguided and wasteful policies directed towards ...

Separation of church and state - just what IS a religious school? Private schools rorting jobkeeper, for-profit early childhood education sector ripping off the taxpayer, NSW teachers call for action and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.994966

Separation of church and state - just what IS  a religious school? Private schools rorting jobkeeper, making record profits. For-profit early childhood education sector ripping off the taxpayer, de...

Special Memorial Tribute from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.988494

It's been a year since our beloved Robert Ely passed away so this week we pay tribute to his activism, his enthusiasm and his legacy. We also pay our respects to long term DOGS member and supporter...

Religious discrimination, shameless greed of private schools, NSW teachers strike and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.984988

Morrison and religious discrimination. Sacked for being vaxxed. Shameless greed of private schools with BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars in jobkeeper creating record profits for the elite schools. How ...

QLD school discriminates against LGBTQIA+ community, schools behaving like churches with state funds, more elites ripping off jobkeeper and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.976963

QLD school discriminates against LGBTQIA+ community. Schools behaving like churches with taxpayer dollars.  More elite schools ripping off jobkeeper and making record profits. The cost of education...

Celebrating Dr Martin Luther King, staunch advocate for separation of church and state and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.966557

Celebrating Dr Martin Luther King, staunch advocate for separation of church and state. Hopes of Gonski reforms dashed by the LNP. A tale of two schools - David Gonski reflects on how education sha...

Waiting for Gonski and separation of church and state. from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.958355

DOGS remind us of the importance of separation of church and state. Jane Caro and Chris Bonner discuss Chris'book"Waiting for Gonski"on Jane's weekly webinar session Reasonings with Jane, full disc...

State aid auction/election- neither LNP or ALP tackle inequity in education. Caro and the REASON party support public education and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.954657

State aid auction/election- neither LNP or ALP tackle inequity in education. Caro and the REASON party support public education. Research shows 130 private schools are OVER funded by $120 MILLION. ...

Main parties ignore education as an election issue, NSWTF strike action, LNP's record on school funding and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.940085

Main parties ignore education as an election issue as Jane Caro and the Reason party platform on school inequity.  NSW Teachers Federation strike action addresses teacher shortage. Scomo and the LN...

Who is our new education minister? Public education day 2022, sick school reality and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.898279

Who is our new education minister Jason Clare? Public education day 2022. Public education activism jumps the class divide. Sick school reality as flu and covid continue to wreak havoc at schools. ...

State aid has proven bad for religion as the nation drifts away from Christianity, teachers, private school overfunding and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.889612

State aid has proven bad for religion as census data shows that the nation has drifted away from Christianity.  If you fail teachers, you are failing children. Hundreds of private schools overfunde...

Preferential treatment of religious system, why managerialism can't solve everything in schools and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.873059

Preferential treatment of religious systems.  Why managerialism can't solve everything in schools. What does the dramatic fall in GCSe results tell us? That private schools are gaming the system! T...

Breaching Section 116, Bonner and Greenwell on the Productivity Commission's interim report and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.855842

Breaching Section 116 of the Australian Constitution.  Bonner and Greenwell on the Productivity Commission's interim report. UNbeaching the whale- STOP funding private schools with public money. U....

DOGS high court case re-examined by media other than 3CR! and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.850654

DOGS high court case re-examined by media other than 3CR as religious schools flout Section 116 of the Constitution openly. Inequality leads to inequality in results for students. Great State schoo...

Dutton politicizes the curriculum and joins the IPA in some public school teacher bashing, NAPLAN and NEAP(US version) both abject failures and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.837110

Dutton makes politics of the curriculum and does some teacher bashing. IPA joins in and launches a campaign to attack public school teachers - WHY?! Perrottet stance on teachers creates more shorta...

Billions of taxpayer dollars going to the purple economy, gross underfunding of public schools continues and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.790102

Billions of taxpayer dollars going to the purple economy. Gross underfunding of public schools continues with no chance of reqching their SRS in sight. Disadvantaged students strive and thrive desp...

Funding peculiar religious tenets - the Opus Dei saga, de-funding private schools and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.780010

Funding peculiar religious tenets - the Opus Dei saga. Why we should de-fund private schools. An unofficial tour of a school cements a teacher's career. U.S.- call to stop public funding of unaccou...

Cost of unfair funding is huge to society at large, roadblocks to fair funding, and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.769473

The cost of unfair funding of public schools is huge to society at large. Roadblocks to fair funding of public schools. Greens attempt to introduce bill to remove the 20% cap on federal funding of ...

A look at the NSW Minns Government- ALL NSW Ministers are public school alumni EXCEPT for the education minister! plus much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.755021

A look at the NSW Minns Government- ALL NSW Ministers are public school alumni EXCEPT for the education minister! Some education funding policy figures that may shock you- Unless you are a regular ...

Labor's glacially slow movement on issues of inequality in school funding, ANOTHER panel looking at NSRAs will be convened, Private school building boom and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.752033

Labor's glacially slow movement on issues of inequality in school funding -  ANOTHER panel of experts to look at NSRAs will be convened. Private school building boom sparks a backlash from local co...

"Choice and Fairness"- copying the US voucher system and its undermining of public education in Australia and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.740552

"Choice and Fairness"- copying the US voucher system and its undermining of public education in Australia. Another attack on separation of church from state through education funding.  Unequal fund...

Victorian budget and the payroll tax for high-fee private schools, Public Education day and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.698504

Victorian budget to introduce a payroll tax for high-fee private schools- recognising them as the FOR-PROFIT businesses that they are! Poor little rich people in UK complain about state students ta...

Bonnor and Greenwell's"Common Framework"only a partial solution, good story/ bad theory , damning evidence of massive private school overfunding and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.682765

Bonnor and Greenwell's"Common Framework"only a partial solution. Good story/ bad theory with a failure to check privilege. Damning evidence of massive private school overfunding- 40% of private sch...

Entanglement of religion and state in Australia, another NSRA inquiry, hellfire in public schools and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.679138

Entanglement of religion and state in Australia- research from the Rationalist Society. Another NSRA inquiry. Labor softens on payroll tax. Private school principals to have pay scrutinised. Press ...

The Gonski dream - restoring trust in public education, state schools suffer while elites thrive on your taxes, attracting teachers and much more. from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.666056

The Gonski dream - How can governments restore trust in public education? State schools suffer while St Posho's build'wellness'centres with taxpayer funds. Increased funding has enabled private sch...

Teachers Unions and Pubic school supporters need to be congratulated for successful lobbying BUT... and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.649760

Teachers Unions and Pubic school supporters need to be congratulated for successful lobbying BUT... Fully funding public schools can more than pay for themselves in longterm social benefits. Bonner...

NSRA doomed to fail, as all"needs"policies have, more secure jobs and better pay and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.643030

NSRA doomed to fail, as all"needs"policies have. AEU calls for more secure jobs and better pay. Excerpts from a report from the Australia Institute on the case FOR investing in public education. US...

New Schools Agreement must embrace key principles for school funding including fully funding of public schools by 2028, private school sues families for fees and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.572892

New Schools Agreement must embrace key principles for school funding including fully funding of public schools by 2028. Private schools sue families for fees. Why are university degrees in Australi...

Victoria's new Premier and Education minister's educational background, private school funding model irrational, fee-free TAFE and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.554721

Victoria's new Premier and Education minister's educational background. Private school funding model is increasingly incoherent and irrational. Government commitment to funding diverse and inclusiv...

Report shows gross public funding favouritism for PRIVATE schools and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.539819

New Rorris report shows gross public funding favouritism for PRIVATE schools. Less than half of the federal cabinet attended state schools, data shows. Australia's wealthiest private schools earned...

Report shows public funding heavily favours private primary schools, Australia's most disadvantaged students up to 5 years behind their wealthy peers and much more from 2023-12-12T20:31:21.505425

Report shows public funding heavily favours private primary schools.  Australia's most disadvantaged students are up to 5 years behind their wealthy peers. Australian education in longterm decline ...

"Free"private school system in Sweden declared a failure, Power and violence in Private schools (-CONTENT WARNING-) and much more from 2023-11-18T12:00

Swedish School's Minister declares"free"private school system a failure.-CONTENT WARNING- violence towards women perpetrated by men.Power and Violence in Private Schools - The cultural problem of m...

Identity politics destroying public schools, W.A. Teachers Union calls to scrap NAPLAN and for more regulation of independent schools, Christian home-schooling and much more from 2023-11-11T12:00

Identity politics is destroying our public schools. W.A. Teachers Union calls for NAPLAN to be scrapped and for more regulation on independent schools. The plan to tax international students.  Chri...

Private boarding school in Alice Springs raises questions, attempt to tighten rules around private schools accessing the Coalition's slush fund for private schools and much more from 2023-10-28T12:00

Private boarding school in Alice Springs raises questions including conflict of interest issues.  Attempts made to tighten rules around private schools accessing the Coalition's slush fund- the"cho...

Victoria's public school among the most under-resourced, wealthy private schools hike up fees, TAFE and much more from 2023-10-21T12:00

Victoria's public school among the most under-resourced while wealthy private schools hike up fees. Employment white paper- TAFE workforce must be supported to deliver initiatives and quality, fee-...

Critique of Bonner and Greenwell's proposal to fully fund private schools, NSW governments commits to a pay-rise for teachers and much more from 2023-10-14T12:00

Critique of Bonner and Greenwell's proposal to fully fund private schools- this is NOT the answer in a SECULAR public school system. Anglican dirty linen aired in sacking of Brisbane headmaster. Al...

Fully funding private schools in Australia is NO SOLUTION to equity in education, NSRA consultation paper and much more from 2023-09-30T12:00

Fully funding private schools is NO SOLUTION to equity in education.  NSRA consultation paper. The fallacy of genetic determination of inherited cognitive abilities. Hail Australia's public school ...

Top private schools'exorbitant enrolment fees, OECD report highlights unmet needs in Australian public education and much more from 2023-09-23T12:00

Top private schools'exorbitant enrolment fees, parents paying up to $7k before even paying tuition fees! OECD report highlights unmet needs in Australian public education. Public school teachers sp...

Historical boost to teachers pay in NSW, on closing the divide between urban and rural student outcomes in Australia, RBG and much more from 2023-09-16T12:00

Historical boost to teachers pay in NSW to tackle teacher shortages. On closing the divide between urban and rural student outcomes in Australia. Ruth Bader Ginsberg and her dedication to the separ...

Labor reinserts the commitment to'secular'education in national policy, a better fairer school system and much more from 2023-08-26T12:00

Labor reinserts the commitment to'secular'education in national policy. Stats show that without enough teachers Australia won't make the grade. Lindsay Connors writes about a better, fairer school ...

Teacher shortages and the state aid issue, school autonomy and social justice in education and much more from 2023-08-19T12:00

Teacher shortages and the state aid issue. School autonomy and social justice in education. Labor threatens to remove'secular'from education policy wording. US- Private/charter school teachers do n...

Lawsuit attempts to stop the USA's first religious public charter school, call for equity, bush classrooms and much more from 2023-08-12T12:00

Lawsuit attempts to stop the USA's first religious public charter school. Clarion call for equity. SA school's religious request baffles jobseekers. Bush classroom boom. UK- increases in high-fees ...

Australian press and the education funding issue, Class warfare, Accountability and much more from 2023-07-29T12:00

Australian press and the education funding issue. The Saturday Paper editorial on Class warfare and the LIE that private schools take pressure off the public school system. Where is the Accountabil...

The politicisation of teacher education, how competition is ruining Australian education and much more from 2023-07-22T12:00

The politicisation of teacher education. Private school funding has increased twice as much as public school funding in the decade since Gonski.  How competition is ruining Australian education. US...

The DOGS submission to the current NSRA inquiry - a history of education funding in Australia, and much more from 2023-07-15T12:00

The DOGS submission to the current NSRA inquiry - a history of education funding in Australia. The GINI co-efficient and where Australia sits on an international income inequality scale. UK - Faith...

What's going on with rural students, types of schools matter, elite universities favouring the privileged and much more from 2023-06-24T12:00

What's going on with rural students beyond NAPLAN. The type of school matters when it comes to a child's academic performance. Elite universities favouring the privileged."Nuclear reforms"needed sa...

RADIOTHON SHOW! Includes full program re: the sectarian elites controlling Aus. education funding policy, under-funded public schools suffering and much more from 2023-06-17T12:00

RADIOTHON SHOW! Includes full regular program.The sectarian elites who determine Australian education funding policy.  Under-funded public schools suffer as rising inequality in the Australian scho...

Labor drops the word'secular'from the education section in the new draft on policy platform, Private schools cry poor at payroll tax proposal, Victoria waters down proposed payroll tax on high-fee private schools and much more from 2023-06-10T12:00

Labor drops the word'secular'from the education section in the new draft on policy platform. Private schools cry poor at payroll tax proposal. Victoria waters down proposed payroll tax on high-fee ...

Privatisation of Australian education by stealth, rural classroom closures, pandemic silver linings and much more from 2023-05-27T12:00

Privatisation of Australian education by stealth. What happens when rural classrooms close. A pandemic silver lining as some disadvantaged students improve during covid. Government on notice to ful...

"Every School, Every Child"press release, Central Australian schools to get record funding boost and much more from 2023-05-20T12:00

"Every School, Every Child"press release. Central Australian schools to get record funding boost. Budget implications for education. Significant win for temporary teachers seeking permanency in NSW...

Who are the new NSW education figures? Loans, debt and predation on students and much more from 2023-05-13T12:00

Who are the new NSW education figures? Meet Pru Car, education minister in NSW and Murat Dizdar Acting Secretary of NSW Department of Education. Educated and exploited - student loan schemes still ...

AEU rejects OECD contention that discipline is a problem in Australian classrooms and much more from 2023-04-29T12:00

AEU rejects OECD contention that discipline is a problem in Australian classrooms - the report makes clear that fundamental and enduring inequities are to blame, yet mainstream media uses this as a...

The tax system and entrenching inequity, What happened to the fair go in Australia? and much more from 2023-04-22T12:00

The tax system and entrenching inequity. What happened to the fair go in Australia?Full clip of"What happened to the fair go in Australia?", including charts mentioned, available here-https://www.y...

Vic Shadow Education Minister Bach's ideas on educational needs and much more from 2023-04-15T12:00

Vic Shadow Education Minister Bach's ideas on educational needs - his thoughts on ideology in the classroom, suggestions that Victoria needs MORE selective entry state schools and the idea that'pos...

The problems with the productivity commission, 50 of Australia's wealthiest private schools rake in millions and much more from 2023-03-25T12:00

The limited scope of the Productivity Comminssion's frame of reference EXCLUDES millions in donations and investment income for private schools. The problem is with the productivity commission, not...

Teacher shortages the result of bad policy, obscenely wealthy WA private schools, culture wars and much more from 2023-03-18T12:00

Teacher shortages the result of bad policy. Obscenely wealthy WA private schools investment and donation incomes not considered when calculating taxpayer support. Australia's teacher shortage is a ...

Religious discrimination legalities in private schools, obscenely wealthy QLD private schools, student/teacher ratios in public schools and much more from 2023-03-11T12:00

Religious discrimination legalities in private schools. Obscenely wealthy QLD private schools' investment incomes and donations examined by Charities commission. Edmund Rice Education  issues apolo...

Private schools poaching public school teachers and raking in millions of taxpayer dollars, plus much more from 2023-02-25T12:00

Private schools poaching public school teachers and raking in millions of taxpayer dollars on top of massive figures released by the charities commission. What we can learn about VET teaching from ...

Calls to defund private schools, twinges of conscience from some religious Principals, and much more from 2023-02-18T12:00

Calls to defund private and religious schools. Twinges of conscience from some religious principals while other religious school groups oppose limitation on discrimination in hiring and firing prac...

NSW Public Education Party established, public school teachers spending their own money on supplies, private schools get the biggest funding hikes as well as the biggest declines in results and much more from 2023-02-11T12:00

NSW Public Education Party established. Data shows that private schools have the biggest funding increases AND the biggest decline in results. NSW Labor Party announces commitment to end under-fund...

Back to school - nothing has changed to alleviate educational inequalities, Labor kicks funding can down the road and much more from 2023-01-28T12:00

Back to school - nothing has changed to alleviate educational inequalities. Labor kicks funding can down the road  by extending NSRA. Back to school costs forcing low SES families to opt for cheape...

Reminder of past inequities shows continued current public school disadvantage, private schools continue fee hikes and much more from 2023-01-21T12:00

Reminder of past inequities shows continued current public school disadvantage.  Private schools continue fee hikes with largest increases in 5 years. Finland schools teaching kids to spot misinfor...

New Year's Eve Great State Schools Special from 2022-12-31T12:00

This week we have a look at just a few of the great state schools we have featured throughout 2022. The schools featured in this are-Coburg High School, Churchill Primary School, Carlton Primary Sc...

Church abuse of public schools, Labor betrays public schools and much more from 2022-12-24T12:00

Church abuse of public schools via fund squeezing. Labor betrays public schools with no change to funding agreements in sight. Why are there few to no poor kids in Legal Studies? U.S.- Skirmish ove...

Education ministers MUST commit to fully funding public schools, cash for high marks and more from 2022-12-17T12:00

Education ministers MUST commit to fully funding public schools. Private school enrolments increase. Some private schools offering cash for high marks. U.K.- Strike action and Tory education fundin...

Eulogy for Dr Richard Ely and more from 2022-12-10T12:00

Eulogy for Dr Richard ElyState aid to private schools has a devastating effect on student outcomes. Our public schools in crisis. U.S- Dan Rather's Tribute to Teachers U.K- Independant sector tax s...

Private school principals are CEOs worth more than the Prime Minister, NSWTF protest action and much more from 2022-11-26T12:00

Private school principals are CEOs worth more than the Prime Minister. NSWTF protest action against Perottet government's teacher's wage cuts and increase in workload. U.S- Texas conservative schoo...

Victorian education fail with overt achievement gaps between high and low SES students and much more from 2022-11-19T12:00

Victorian education fail with overt achievement gaps between high and low SES students. Systemic dismantling of TAFE weaken VET in Australia. U.S.- Right-wing groups purporting to be parents attemp...

Special consideration for VCE students studying in flooding areas, U.S. religious discrimination against trans/NB kids in schools and much more from 2022-11-12T12:00

Special consideration for VCE students doing ATAR in flooding areas. U.S. religious discrimination against trans/NB kids in schools. NSWTF rally for TAFE. U.S. - Charter schools and the Texan right...

Vic govt woos private school vote with $717 million package, Schools in crisis- solutions in disarray, Restoring equity and much more from 2022-10-29T12:00

Vic government woos private school vote with $717 million package. Fighting for the next generation. Chris Bonner's "Schools in crisis- solutions in disarray". Restoring equity in school funding- a...

Charities commission and religious education departments- the problem is escalating as God's business is virtually immune to common legal tax requirements. and much more from 2022-10-22T12:00

Charities commission and religious education departments- the problem is escalating as God's businesses are virtually immune to legal tax requirements, yet still receive massive taxpayer funding. W...

Productivity Commission's School Reform Report, attaining transparency of where exactly YOUR tax dollars go in education, and much more from 2022-10-15T12:00

Productivity Commission's School Reform Report. Attempts to attain transparency of where exactly YOUR tax dollars go when the private sector is handed these huge lump sums and recurrent funding. U....

SPECIAL Australian Fabian's seminar"Should All Australian Schools be Public?" from 2022-09-24T12:00

SPECIAL: Featured audio from the  Australian Fabian's web seminar"Should All Australian Schools be Public?", with Chrius Bonner and Tom Greenwell, co-authors of Waiting for Gonski: How Australia Fa...

Élite school students acting up AGAIN, the wealthy robbing the poor via extraordinary tax cuts, private school fees continue to escalate and much more from 2022-09-17T12:00

Élite school students acting up AGAIN as Knox's culture of entitlement endangers the community.   The wealthy rob the poor via extraordinary tax cuts for the very rich which siphons funding from cr...

Apparent preferential treatment for Catholic schools, petition to properly fund Coburg High school, TAFE funding announcement and much more from 2022-09-10T12:00

Apparent preferential treatment for Catholic schools? U.S. separation of church and state supreme court decision risks religious freedom. A petition to properly fund Coburg High school being tabled...

The purpose of education, corporations turning public schools into their workforce pipelines and much more from 2022-08-27T12:00

The purpose of education. Corporations turning public schools into their workforce pipelines. Teachers crisis won't resolve until we end the game of political football. Deeds, Not Actions, from Ang...

Teacher shortage won't be solved until we treat teaching as a profession, public education essential to democracy and much more from 2022-08-20T12:00

Teacher shortage won't be solved until we treat teaching as a profession, not a trade. Call to shed light on private schools'top salaries and their so-called'charity'status. U.S.- public education ...

Labor chooses tax cuts for the rich over better funding for disadvantaged schools, former voucher advocate recants support and much more from 2022-08-13T12:00

Labor chooses tax cuts for the rich over better funding for disadvantaged schools. Former school voucher advocate recants support in recognition that the voucher system actively destroys educationa...

Public schools still serves the majority of Australian students despite rhetoric suggesting its decline, neo-liberalism's continuing abject failure and much more. from 2022-07-23T12:00

Despite consistent attacks and rhetoric suggesting it's in decline, public education still serves at least 66% of Australian students. The continuing abject failure of neo-liberalism. Performance b...

Curriculum attacks, the effects of neo-liberalism on education and much more from 2022-07-16T12:00

Far-right and Coalition attacking and attemting to hijack the curriculum. State governments losing control over funding and policy in schools as the National Schools Reform Agreement begins. The de...

Whatever happened to the"FREE"in free public education? Ongoing teacher shortages. Caro on Chaplaincy in government schools and much more from 2022-06-25T12:00

Whatever happened to the"FREE"in free public education? Record amount of parent expenditure on free state education! Ongoing teacher shortages. Jane Caro continues her response to the debate about ...

RADIOTHON SPECIAL feat. Fight for Survival - Cultural Resistance : Reasonable, Rational, Responsible - the story of Northlands Secondary College and much more from 2022-06-18T12:00

RADIOTHON SPECIAL feat. Fight for Survival - Cultural Resistance : Reasonable, Rational, Responsible - the story of Northlands Secondary College. We chat to historian Clare Land and instructor/acti...

New Minister for Education Jason Clare- talking the talk, but can he walk the walk? and much more from 2022-06-11T12:00

New Minister for Education Jason Clare- talking the talk, but will he walk the walk? NSW and VIC governments push Albanese government to boost public education. Education in times of conflict.Great...

Christians and the federal election, duplicities in funding from education minister Stuart Robert plus much more from 2022-05-21T12:00

Christians and the federal election- article by former bishop George Browning.  Duplicities in funding from education minister (at time of recording) Stuart Robert.  Plan to increase tenfold teache...

Despite schools being in crisis, education is not an election issue, Australia's global education peculiarity, cash for high achieving students? and much more from 2022-05-14T12:00

Despite public schools being in crisis, education is not an election issue for either of the major parties. Labor refuses to commit to funding public schools to 100% of their S.R.S.  Australia's gl...

The history syllabus, ANZACs and public education, skills crisis and TAFE, I.B. results raising eyebrows and much more from 2022-04-30T12:00

The history syllabus, ANZACs and public education. $10 billion more in overfunding elites- no surprises there. The education revolution you'll keep paying for. Skills crisis and the destruction of ...

BILLIONS in over-funding to elites- a closer look at QLD and NSW, building the unlucky country and more from 2022-04-23T12:00

BILLIONS in over-funding to elites- a closer look at figures for QLD and NSW. Morrison's building the unlucky country. Critical pedagogy in the age of neoliberalism. U.S.- Florida rejects MATHS BOO...

Where major parties stand on education funding policy, Scomo and Roberts throwing public school children overboard with their"devil take the hindmost'approach to education and much more from 2022-04-16T12:00

Where major parties stand on education funding policy. Scomo and Roberts throwing public school children overboard with their"devil take the hindmost'approach to education. Chaplaincy program and r...

ScoMo says taking care of public schools is NOT HIS JOB! Gonski on Gonski, AEU easter TAFE uprising and much more from 2022-03-19T12:00

ScoMo says taking care of public schools is NOT HIS JOB! Gonski on Gonski and its failed  implementation.  AEU easter uprising for TAFE. Private college closes on students via TEXT message, giving ...

DOGS 1988 press release still depressingly relevant, still waiting for Gonski, Scomo's devastating impact on TAFE and much more from 2022-03-12T12:00

A DOGS 1988 press release proves to be depressingly relevant. Still waiting for Gonski.  Money works in education. The devastating impact of the Morrison government on TAFE. U.S. conservatives bemo...

DOGS (Defense Of Government Schools) 07.03.15 from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.877206

Special International Women's Day edition of DOGS with Jean and Dale talking about their respective experiences in education.

The separation of religion from state education from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.866349

Any form of public service only works if it's accountable, effective and efficient. A young child's concerns about FSA testing and being treated as a number through standardised testing.www.adogs.info

Market theocracy and education from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.863950

The only value exemplified in Private schools is the value of commerce with students analogous to high yield investments.  www.adogs.info

Religion in schools from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.861365

DOGS press release number 605. Rob chats with author and Government School activist Meg Wallace on the eve of the launch of her new book Freedom From Religionwww.adogs.info

Is Australia intent on following the social stratification of the United Kingdom? from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.853976

Is Australia intent on following the social stratification of the United Kingdom? Are we being dragged back into a top-down society with little hope of social mobility for the children of the poor?...

A rationalist, an entrepreneur and former teacher walk into a bar... from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.846414

Rob chats with Peter Kaliakoudis and Max Wallace Vice President of Rationalists Association of New South Wales about what we can learn from Greece and the relationship that the Greek Orthodox Churc...

Information on Simon Birmingham from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.781205

Information on Simon Birmingham and Australia's VET systemwww.adogs.info

Australia is the only country to ransom its educational future from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.772485

Our children's birthright should not be the plaything of market theocratists. States at mercy of Federal Government's maket theocracy. Australia is the only country to ransom its educational future...

VET fiasco from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.758458

VET fiasco, the provision of education is not a marketplace. The education of the children of this nation is too important to debase with economic rationalism.www.adogs.info

The'holiday'period has, in the past, been used by politicians to slyly slip unpopular policy decisions into practice without the public paying too much attention. from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.751351

The'holiday'period has, in the past, been used by politicians to slyly slip unpopular policy decisions into practice without the public paying too much attention. This year is no different with Mr ...

Take over the private schools and make them public from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.748278

Happy 40th Birthday 3cr!Take over the private schools and make them public- The public pay for them, they should be able to use them! www.adogs.info

Privatisation of education has FAILED Australian children from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.680033

Privatisation of education has FAILED Australian children. The refusal to admit the failure of co-mingling market theocracy and an institution such as education.www.adogs.info

Voucher systems in education from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.656812

Voucher systems in education, VET and the disatrous implications for Australia's educational future.http://www.adogs.info/

Defence of Government Schools from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.653736

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Tests for infants! from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.591322

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Special International Day of People with Disabilities Broadcast- NO DOGS from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.482523

DOGS - Episode 201704011200 from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.450894

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DOGS - Episode 201705061200 from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.433373

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Ruddock inquiry into religion and state plus much more from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.254738

More on the Ruddock inquiry into religion and the state, Matthew Guy's plan to pump up parochial nationalism with a daily pledge of allegience a la USA, an authoritarian approach to problematic sch...

Gonski 2.0 analysis, State Government listening to the DOGS? from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.230010

Is someone in the state government listening to the DOGS? Govt cut-back opn capit6al investment in Catholic/private schools. Catholic rhetoric has started up again- denying parents choice, lass war...

Independent and private schools at war from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.180345

Independent and private schools at war, accusations of sectarianism, disability figures in indepepndent schools rise as teachers decide who is disabled- NOT doctors.Great State School of the Week -...

Indigenous education, curriculum and Gonski from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.172889

Indigenous education and enrollments- where are indigenous children being educated? Gonski and curriculum problems- teachers are left out of the consultation process altogether, continued analysis ...

Catholic and Independent sector playing politics with the education of Australian children from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.156769

Catholic and Independent sector playing politics with the education of children in Australia, school funding war has erupted, opinion piece by Chris Bonner echoing the DOGS position, claims that pr...

Just who is our new federal minister for education? from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.149844

New federal minister for education (for now) Dan Tehan- who is he and what are his interests and ties? Fight right at the heart of church and state, Catholic boasting about putting politicians in g...

Why does our Prime Minister refuse to send his children to our Public Schools? from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.147430

Special deals being done between religious institutions and the federal government ( Turnbull's proposed 4.4 BILLION dollar top up! and morrison's version), Colorado's transistion from a 5 day scho...

Fair Funding Now letter to P.M. in fairfax press- a call to action from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.140344

Fair Funding Now letter to Prime Minister in fairfax press- a call to action. Special deals for wealthy schools, Greens taking on Catholic education lobby and Stephen Elder- calling them LEECHES. J...

Religious debate heating up... from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.132942

Religious debate heating up, religion in state schools, religion in state-funded schools and the private privilege to discriminate. Victorian election issues, codifies religious liberty in section ...

How Private Education is routing public school funding from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.093221

Hear the figures that show how Private Educators are taking from Public Schools. Robert follows this with news of teachers striking in Chicago for pay and conditions in the Charter school system.

Distance Education and its comprehensive success from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.090802

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The extravagant'needs'of elite private schools being paid for by YOU from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.075981

The extravagant'needs'of elite private schools being paid for by YOU. The politics of absurdity- diverting public money to private schools is disastrous policy- state aid should be withdrawn from s...

Identity crisis for Catholic schools and the legal validity of funding religion. from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.070199

Identity crisis for Catholic schools and the legal validity of funding religion and religious schools in Australia. 40 years and BILLIONS of dollars in private school funding later and still more t...

Entrenched inequality as new funding arrangements guarantee that Public Schools are now UNDER-FUNDED, ON PURPOSE, INDEFINITELY from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.067280

Entrenched inequality as new funding arrangements guarantee that Public Schools are now UNDER-FUNDED, ON PURPOSE, INDEFINITELY. Public schools are being defrauded of BILLIONS of dollars by funding ...

Big business putting profit ahead of student outcomes and much more from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.061033

The effects of'school shopping'on public schools, how private schools are gaming the university entrance system, big business putting profit ahead of student outcomes, state and teritory government...

The privatisation of the entire school system in the U.S., chaplaincy programs and much more from 2022-03-07T00:59:03.056662

The privatisation of the entire school system in the U.S.- West Virginia statewide teacher walkout leads to more widespread strikes against charter schools,Catholic school system concealing of fund...

Budget week and the absolute disregard for School Resource Standards in public schools from 2022-03-07T00:59:02.979082

Budget week-'If this budget is Scomo's idea of a fair go, themn it's time for him to go'- Caranna Haythorpe, AEU. Government priorites- private schools in their DNA. Less than 30% of students atten...

Research shows Public Schools OUTPERFORMING Private schools from 2022-03-07T00:59:02.962747

Overview of major parties education policy- mirror each other in fundung commitments to continue to Private/Catholic schools. $1.2 billion Coalition commitment to"Choice and Affordability"fund. U.S...

OECD comparisons show increases in inequity in Australian society with Australia having one of the most socially segregated education systems in the world. from 2022-03-07T00:59:02.955207

State Labour government following Morrison in support of private schools. WE are paying for PRIVATE PROPERTY with funding of capital works in Catholic schools. Recurrent funding for public schools ...

Religion and the election of the Morrison government- Thanking God for Catholic Schools! from 2022-03-07T00:59:02.951557

Religion and the election of the Morrison government- Thanking God for Catholic Schools! Religious people out in full force saying THEY are responsible for the elction of the Morrison Government. U...

OECD report shows Australian public school teachers are most innovative and creative but are the least resourced. from 2022-03-07T00:59:02.936892

Diane Ravitch looks at Anand Giridharadas'book"Winners Take All- The Elite Charade of Changing the World"in terms of education reform. OECD report shows Australian public school teachers are the mo...

Systemic problems with tax-payer funding of private sectarian schools from 2022-03-07T00:59:02.893444

The closing of'Presentation College'in Windsor- Systemic problems with tax-payer funding of private sectarian schools leading to more questions than answers. Education is a RIGHT not a privilege. S...

Australia's soft theocracy, NAPLAN stagnation and much more from 2022-03-07T00:59:02.882325

Rationalists Society describes Australia as a soft theocracy with secular discrimination laws being used to further religous interests. An Article on a country state school reunion and the egalitar...

Private schools NO LONGER save the government money, why Australian schools are lagging behind and much more from 2022-02-26T12:00

Private schools NO LONGER save the government money, if they ever did! Why Australian schools are lagging behind the world's best. Victorian school boom is losing steam. Going to a private school w...

Religious liberty comes at price, private school funding increasing at 5 times the rate of public schools and much more from 2022-02-19T12:00

Religious liberty comes at price. Private school funding increasing at 5 times the rate of public school funding. Private schools gamiong the International Baccalaureate system.Great State school o...

Multinational businesses that are elite private schools, pressure on Labor to fund public schools properly and much more from 2022-02-12T12:00

Multinational businesses that are elite private schools. Pressure on Labor to fund public schools properly, to at LEAST the SRS. Religious discrimination bill survey shows those identifying as chri...

Covid and going back to school. Albanese's $440 million for schools? S.A teachers strike action and much more from 2022-01-29T12:00

Covid and going back to school. A Q&A session on going back to the classroom this year. Albanese's $440 million for schools? S.A teachers strike action. Covid and returning to school arounf the wor...

Obscene rorting of jobkeeper by elite schools showing a sense of entitlement that knows no bounds. teacher shortages as governments treat the profession as glorified baby-sitters and much more from 2022-01-22T12:00

Obscene rorting of jobkeeper by elite schools shows a sense of entitlement that knows no bounds. Record profits for private schools coming from millions in government plague funding. Teacher shorta...

NAPLAN proves no difference in educational outcomes between public and private schools, COVID and school communities, kids and vaccines and much more from 2022-01-15T12:00

NAPLAN proves no difference in educational outcomes between public and private schools. COVID and school communities- kids and vaccines. Adjusting to change. Peter Greene on U.S. charter schools.Gr...

Private school fees or house mortgage? NSW teachers strike, school production goes ahead after 10 attempts and much more from 2021-12-18T12:00

Private school fees or house mortgage? NSW teachers strike! School production goes ahead after 10 attempts. ALP commitment to TAFE students. School mental health services.Lifeline - 131 114Beyond B...

Public school teachers taken for granted despite being essential workers, NSW teachers strike and more from 2021-12-11T12:00

Public school teachers taken for granted despite being essential workers. NSW teachers strike in battle for pay. Teaching scholarship FAILS. Inequities in school funding in the U.S., vouchers schem...

Legal analysis of religious discrimination bill, ScoMo spends millions on De La Salle, help for special needs students being gamed by private schools and more from 2021-11-27T12:00

Taxpayers funding religious schools'ability to discriminate. Legal analysis of the religious discrimination bill. ScoMo spends millions on De La Salle elite school. Help for special needs students ...

Religious discrimination bill, taxpayers fund religious schools while state schools go without, OECD dodgy results and much more from 2021-11-20T12:00

Religious discrimination bill. Taxpayers fund religious schools while state schools go without. Jobkeeper rorting at elite private schools despite record profits. OECD PISA results prove to be dodg...

State Schools Relief donations, state schools never receive SRS, students protest toxic patriarchy in private schools and much more from 2021-11-13T12:00

State Schools Relief donation fund started to give disadvantaged students much needed IT access - more info here: State Schools ReliefState schools left behind by SRS imbalance. Exhausted teachers ...

The odious over-classes judgement on the so-called'proles', a call to stop stereotyping the poor and much more from 2021-10-30T12:00

The odious over-classes judgement on the so-called'proles'from Pru Goward. Cassandra Goldie's responding call to stop stereotyping the poor. Historians criticise Tudge for playing politics with Aus...

"Fairer Education Policy"party emerges, cult accesses $9 million in jobkeeper, staffing crisis in NSW and much more from 2021-10-23T12:00

A"Fairer Education Policy"political party emerges. An extremist cult accesses $9 million in jobkeeper in a private school. $1 billion shortfall in Victorian state schools. A staffing crisis in NSW ...

Private schools continue to rort billions, projected teacher shortage and much more from 2021-10-16T12:00

Private schools continue to rort billions of taxpayer dollars. Teachers deserve better. Projected teacher shortage in the future.Great State School of the week- Ballarat Secondary Collegewww.adogs....

Teachers'worth, OECD data shows that Australian public school teachers are overworked, underpaid and much more from 2021-09-25T12:00

Just how much teachers are worth. A bill to prevent religious discrimination on the basis of gender/sexuality. OECD data shows that Australian public school teachers are overworked and underpaid, p...

Privilege in time of plague, state aid dividing children along religious lines and much more from 2021-09-18T12:00

Privilege in time of plague as selective school principal goes against health advice. State aid dividing children along religious lines. Principals bullied, vilified and vulnerable.Great State scho...

How free IS public education? Victorian parents spend records amounts on'free'education plus much more from 2021-09-11T12:00

How free IS public education? Victorian parents spend record $400 million on'free'education. Sleight of hand with taxpayer money going to elite schools. Teachers success despite adversity with a mu...

Huge changes to the education scene in Chicago with the de-funding of the charter system, the racist history of standardised testing and much more from 2021-08-28T12:00

Huge changes to the education scene in Chicago with the de-funding of their charter system.  Part of a discussion on the racist history of standardised testing featuring  Awo Okaikor Aryee-Price, c...

Preferential treatment of private schools with multiple vaccination scandals, just who is eligible for vaccine and much more from 2021-08-21T12:00

Preferantial treatment of private schools with multiple vaccination scandals.  Just who is eligible for vaccine and why has it taken so long for ALL teachers to be considered essential, while COVID...

The history and fate of Gonski, teacher sacked for being gay, investing where it matters and much more from 2021-08-14T12:00

The history and fate of Gonski by Trevor Cobbold of Save Our Schools. Religious discrimination wins as a teacher gets sacked for being gay, despite the school receiving taxpayer money. The sad and ...

Public schools for the Public good, why students shouldn't learn in a bubble, effects of Covid on students and more from 2021-07-31T12:00

Public schools for the Public good, why students shouldn't learn in a bubble. The educational and mental health effects of Covid on students. Why publishing results is a failure.Great State School ...

Satanic church demonstrates need for separate of church and state, equity in education, capital funding for public schools and much more from 2021-07-24T12:00

Satanic church demonstrates need for separate of church and state, equity in education, capital funding for public schools and much moreGreat state school of the week- Keilor Downs Secondary Colleg...

Vaccinations for public school teachers, statement on Australian curriculum from First Nations experts plus more from 2021-07-17T12:00

Vaccinations for public school teachers- how much do we value teachers? Statement on Australian curriculum from First Nations experts. Charter schools and church and state in the U.S.Great State Sc...

Elite school seniors get Pfizer due to''clerical error'', old school ties and much more from 2021-07-10T12:00

Elite school seniors get Pfizer due to''clerical error'', old school ties, separation of church and state at risk in the U.S., consent education in schools.www.adogs.info

Old school tie money, alarming capital funding figures headed to private schools while independent schools group cries poor. from 2021-06-26T12:00

Old school tie money, alarming capital funding figures headed to private schools while independent schools group cries poor.AEU seminar on The Infrastructure that Public Schools need - full audio h...

Recurrent and capital funding of private schools show an obvious ratio of inequity from 2021-06-19T12:00

Recurrent and capital funding of private schools show an obvious ratio of inequity.  Separation of church and state virtually non-existent. Rudd on Morrison's Pentacostalism in public office.Great ...

RADIOTHON! Public schools do more with fewer resources plus more from 2021-06-12T12:00

RADIOTHON- pledge now, pay later! Donate online here-https://www.3cr.org.au/donatePublic schools do more with fewer resources. Regulators set to oversee boarding schools as a direct reslut of the R...

Public Education Day, TAFE shortchanged again, structural failure and much more from 2021-05-29T12:00

Public Education Day, TAFE shortchanged again, structural failure means Australian education keeps falling short.U.S. case of Religious schools using courts to be exempted from anti-racial discrimi...

Public education day, private schools a protected species and much more from 2021-05-22T12:00

Public education day 28th May.Private schools a protected species with Morrison's blatant favouritism of private sector. Lack of transparency in accountability of where YOUR tax dollars are going.G...

Rationalists Society's Luke Beck on chaplaincy programs, student climate strike, history wars from 2021-05-15T12:00

Rationalist Society of Australia's Luke Beck on government chaplaincy programs - full audio available here-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy886T8WW5IStudents climate strike, history wars and curri...

Government deniability, not accountability. Morrison abandons needs-based funding and more from 2021-04-24T12:00

Government deniability, not accountability. Morrison abandons needs-based funding. Tudge on the bludge!www.adogs.info

Believing in Public Education. The moral vacuums of professional politicians and more from 2021-04-17T12:00

Believing in Public Education. The moral vacuums of professional politicians, Lobbyland and Morrison's minders.www.adogs.info

The big FIVE challenges facing Australian Education and much more from 2021-04-10T12:00

The big FIVE challenges facing Australian Education. Lessons learned from Covid. The art of APOLITICAL research from the Australian Council of Education Research (ACER) - NO mentions of Cobbald's f...

Coalition claims the'school funding wars are over'despite all evidence to the contrary! from 2021-03-27T12:00

Coalition claims the'school funding wars are over'despite all evidence to the contrary! Education minister Alan Tudge makes extraordinary declarations and motherhood statements as we continue to be...

The stranglehold of elite private schools on the corridors of power in Australia and more from 2021-03-20T12:00

The stranglehold of elite private schools on the corridors of power in Australia - the graduates of elite schools and their networks inherent in Australian politics.Gross under-funding of public sc...

TAFE, booming enrolments in the public school sector and much more from 2021-03-13T12:00

TAFE, booming enrolments in the public school sector,  profiteers in the pandemic. FUNDING MATTERS - end capital funding inequality NOWwww.adogs.info

What Australian education can learn from Finland plus a culture of entitlement from 2021-02-27T12:00

CONTENT WARNING- the first half our program contains references to sexual assault/violenceThe culture of entitlement - sex and private schools- your taxpayer dollars at work.If you are effected by ...

Catholic leader calls educational equity a fantasy as Finland proves it as a reality. from 2021-02-20T12:00

Catholic leader McInernerny calls equity in education a think-tank fantasy while Finland proves it can be a reality. Finnish teahers flexibile to students needs with the attitude that real winnes D...

NAPLAN and PISA and big business. Emphasis on testing limiting achievement rather than learning and much more from 2021-02-13T12:00

NAPLAN  and PISA and big business. Emphasis on testing limiting achievement rather than learning. Never too late to study. Gifted students with disability benefiting from NSW High Potential and Gif...

Neo-liberal policies and TAFE, the true cost of private education, A.G. report and much more from 2021-01-30T12:00

Neo-liberal policies and TAFE. How much does private education really cost you, the taxpayer. Auditor General's report. Students únenrolled'from private school because a parent questioned their pra...

Private school business plans are suffering from the pandemic wobblies! Teachers impacted by the fee freeze, the bank of Mum and Dad, plus much more from 2021-01-23T12:00

Private school business plans are suffering from the pandemic wobblies as insecure middle class parents rethink enrolments due to the jobkeeper and mortgage holiday coming to an end. Teachers being...

Planning laws give private schools open slather, locals be damned plus much more from 2021-01-16T12:00

Planning laws give private schools open slather on expansion, local be damned with no recourse to action through VCAT. Sydney Grammar developements. No functional social mobility in Australia.www.a...

The failure of'contracting-out'to the private sector- analogous to hotel quarantine fiasco from 2020-12-26T12:00

The failure of'contracting-out'to the private sector- analogous to hotel quarantine fiasco. Verdict on contracting out is damning. The digital divide widens equity gap. Super school fail - featurin...

Neo-liberalism and its negative effect on education. from 2020-12-19T12:00

A look at neo-liberalism in Sweden and its negative effects on education. The decline in equality of opportunity in Australia since decentalisation.Also includes more audio from AEU web seminar on ...

Rush to re-open puts U.S. educators at risk, a year to reflect upon. from 2020-12-12T12:00

Rush to re-open public schools puts U.S. educators at risk as more than 1 million U.S. kids have COVID. A year to reflect upon- Angelo Gavriolatus shares his thoughts.Featuring audio from the AEU w...

From Karmel to Gonski- the quest for equality in Australian Education from 2020-11-28T12:00

This week we feature a special paper given by Jean Ely to the History Fellows group at Melbourne University on 25 November 2020 as a tribute to Robert Ely, who died on 19 November 2020 after a long...

OECD data shows public schools do AS WELL AS private schools, while a multi-national corporation (Catholic Church) demands BILLIONS in taxpayer dollars. from 2020-11-14T12:00

OECD data shows under-resourced public schools do AS WELL AS over-funded private schools.  The powerful multi-national corporation that is the Catholic Church demands BILLIONS in taxpayer dollars, ...

Principles of equality, TAFE, youth mental health and poor children in UK to go hungry. from 2020-10-31T12:00

Basic principles of equality/ needs, TAFE, youth mental health and UK conservatives vote to let disadvantaged children go hungry.www.adogs.info

Deliberate tax avoidance, property deals and childcare from 2020-10-24T12:00

Deliberate tax avoidance, property deals by education businesses and childcare- can 4 year olds make or break an economy?U.S."originalists"in the supremem court.Great State School of the week- Univ...

The charity scams that are private schools, enjoying BILLIONS in tax concessions and exemptions. from 2020-10-17T12:00

The charity scams that are private schools, enjoying BILLIONS in tax concessions and exemptions. Private online education businesses trying to take over face to face learning.Great State School- Li...

$19 BILLION shortfall in funding to public schools from 2020-10-10T12:00

$19 BILLION shortfall in funding to public schools, while privae schools funding is increased.Rorris report shows alarming figures-http://www.aeufederal.org.au/application/files/9916/0161/2192/AEU1...

Teachers, like health workers, have put in the hard yards during plague. from 2020-09-26T12:00

Teachers, like health workers, have put in the hard yards during this time of plague. Meanwhile, privileged kids demonstrate contempt for our community.Audio from talks including from Daceyville Pr...

Inquiry into the value of teachers'work, OECD disparity comparisons and plutocracy from 2020-09-19T12:00

Inquiry into the value of teachers'work, OECD disparity comparisons and plutocracy.www.adogs.info

Abominations, policy crimes, rorting and discrimination from 2020-09-12T12:00

Abominations, policy crimes, rorting and discrimation against a student with disability- just another week in Australia's education INDUSTRY.

Why is it that the most advantaged complain loudest that they are disadvantaged? from 2020-08-29T12:00

Why is it that the most advantaged complain the loudest that they are disadvantaged? Kings College fighting for sports exemptions! Privateers a.k.a licensed pirates leave students with massive debt...

What happens to private schools in a failing market economy? from 2020-08-22T12:00

What happens to private schools in a failing market economy?Part 2 of discussion on Fighting the Privatisation of Education, featuring Jane Caro, Angelo Gavriolatus, Pasi Sahlberg and Diane Ravitch...

Piccoli and private primary schools, plus special audio featuring Diane Ravitch from 2020-08-15T12:00

Piccoli and primary schools and making private public in access. This week's program includes audio from an online forum about fighting the privatisation of education. Speakers include Jane Caro an...

Xavier closes, UK inequalities shine, taking advantage during Covid from 2020-07-25T12:00

Xavier College closes. Taking advantage in covidinous times- private school money grab. UK education system under scrutiny as inequalities become glaringly obvious..www.adogs.info

The devil in the details of the coalition's vocational funding commitments. BLACK LIVES MATTER from 2020-07-18T12:00

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 b...

DOGS no longer alone in the state aid debate. from 2020-07-11T12:00

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 w...

State aid and school enrollments, state schools ORDERED to return. from 2020-06-27T12:00

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 S...

The effects of plague on disadvantaged schools and students from 2020-06-20T12:00

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 from 2020-06-13T12:00

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...

Cabbage Tree Island- a lesson in disadvantage as Covid 19 hits an island with few I.T. resources. from 2020-05-30T12:00

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 va...

Living in the world of the egalitarian MYTH, the effects of inequality on our nation. from 2020-05-23T12:00

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 noth...

DOGS high court case of 1981 revisited nationally from 2020-05-16T12:00

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 Fundi...

Public schools are now, more than ever, a community hub, while the virus exposes the dodgy business practices of private schools. from 2020-04-25T12:00

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,...

Teachers asked to put their lives on the line, why is the public system considered dispensable? from 2020-04-18T12:00

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 ...

The dangerous stupidity of constant assessment, the history of the'test'and the federal government's private schools slush fund from 2020-03-14T12:00

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 a...

Global privatisation of BASIC education, Justice Kirby on Discrimination bill and much more from 2020-02-29T12:00

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 Kir...

Huge increases to private school funding, St Kevin's defending the indefensible, mandatory reporting and much more from 2020-02-22T12:00

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 su...

How is it that in Australia private schools get so much public money? A look at the functional processes that allow this disparity plus much more from 2020-02-15T12:00

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 mon...

A.G. reports, funding rorts , pork-barrelling sports and much more from 2020-01-25T12:00

Auditor General reports and funding rorts. Pork-barrelling of sports grants and the Bridget McKenzie matter."NEEDS"based policy is overtly GREEDS based policy.Book review- Diane Ravitch's"Slaying G...

Sophistry of Religious discrimination bill plus a State Schools Aid agency from 2020-01-18T12:00

Meg Wallace's'Sophistry of Religious Discrimination"- about priveling one religon. Separation of religion from the mechanics of running a country- in Australia and the U.S.. Sue Karzis from State S...

A brief history of education in our constitution, our federal Government's approach to what CAN be taught in schools and much more from 2020-01-11T12:00

A brief history of education in the Australian constitution. Our Federal government's approach to what CAN be taught in schools... Also, why DON'T  churches pay taxes and rates?www.adogs.info

SUMMER SPECIAL- Encore of our School Climate Change Rally Special from 2019-12-28T12:00

SUMMER SPECIAL- Encore of our School Climate Change Rally Special

The'fantasy'that private schools save the government money! and much more from 2019-12-21T12:00

The'fantasy'that private schools save the government money- Tehan's own thinktank queries where all the funding goes, as Australian students no longer even reach the OECD average in mathematics. Te...

The DOGS predictions about the consequences of state aid are sadly coming true from 2019-12-14T12:00

The DOGS predictions about the consequences of state aid are sadly coming true after 60 years of funding private education - segregation, loss of standards, loss of accountability and more. State a...

The REAL cost of private education, education and AFL plus much more from 2019-11-30T12:00

Part 1 of analysis of'The Real Cost Of Private Education'article by Thomas Orren. AFL and eduation- how private schools have taken over the AFL. Venture capitalists find that private schools in Aus...

Federal government trashes and withholds funds from state schools while OVERTLY propping up private system. from 2019-11-23T12:00

Federal government trashes and withholds funds from state schools while OVERTLY propping up private system. U.S.- Political victory for state schools in Kentucky thanks to tenacious activists. Dr I...

Shameless government indifference to poverty, inequitable drought funding,religious freedom and much more from 2019-11-16T12:00

Shameless government indifference to poverty, inequitable drought funding. Religious freedom bill- dangerous according to Justice KirbyGreat State School of the Week- Wytaliba State Schoolwww.adogs...

The consequence of funding decisions in the 60s is our bifurcated education system from 2019-10-26T12:00

More on'Engines of Privilege- The Problem with Private Schools'(Green and Kyneston). The consequence of funding decisions in the 60s is our bifurcated education system. So-called'VALUES'of private ...

Inequalities perpetuated by our education arrangements are getting worse. Teachers and their role, plus England's classist education problems and much more from 2019-10-19T12:00

England's classist education problems examined in the book'Engines of Privilege- Britain's Private School Problem'by Francis Green David Kynaston. Inequalities in Australia's education arrangements...

Religious Freedom/Discrimination bill debate from 2019-10-12T12:00

ABC Press Club debate on religious freedom/discrimination bill as opposition to the bill grows. Featured audio from Press Club Debate with Martin Iles (Australian Christian Lobby) and Fiona Patten ...

Business group proposes that students tax returns/centrelink data be used to decide school funding! from 2019-09-28T12:00

England- Labor pledges to integrate private schools into the state sector if elected- top end'grotesque levels of inequality'in education. Business people propose that students tax returns/centreli...

Government funded'private'school enrollments decrease as Public school enrollments increase from 2019-09-21T12:00

Government funded'private'school enrollments decrease as public school enrollments increase substantially. The Australian government is ridiculously involving itself in theological debates- why we ...

Between the Catholic, Independent and Public school systems, Australia has the 4th most INEQUITABLE education systems in the OECD from 2019-08-31T12:00

Between the Catholic, Independent and Public school systems, Australia has the 4th most INEQUITABLE education systems in the OECD. Catholic education and Ireland- children divided into Roman Cathol...

TAFE scandal, infrastructure spending on all public works EXCEPT public schools! from 2019-08-24T12:00

Capital grants to private schools- excerpt from ABC TV's The Drum featuring Adrian Piccoli. Infrastructure spending on all public works EXCEPT public schools! TAFE scandal- Australia's largest priv...

ABC data shows evidence of gross and ridiculous inequities between private and public schools funding from 2019-08-17T12:00

ABC data shows evidence of gross and ridiculous inequities between private and public schools funding, taxpayers subsidising private schools more than 100% of running costs. $11 billion to be spent...

The"Walmart-isation"of public education, record number of enrolments in TAFE and more from 2019-08-10T12:00

Reactions to the closure of Presentation College- reminders of the Kennet era attack on public education. $39 million of taxpayer money in recurrent costs has NOT improved results, leading to lower...

The long-term price of state aid to private schools- INEQUALITY from 2019-07-27T12:00

The long-term price of state aid to private schools- INEQUALITY. Racism and the organisation of disadvantage in the Australian school system.Great State School of the Week- Braybrook College 7-12ww...

Who should Australia be learning from? The U.S., the U.K. or the Netherlands? from 2019-07-20T12:00

Who should Australia be learning from? The U.S., the U.K. or the Netherlands? TAFE- learning from Finland, lessons in vocational higher education. Carenna Haythorpe from A.E.U. on the future of pub...

Government schools under attack from the Government itself! from 2019-07-13T12:00

Government schools under attack from the Government itself! Trevor Cobbald of Save Our Schools makes it to the front page of the Age, blowing the whistle on educational funding deals between Federa...

Australian teacher morale, 21st Century educational needs from 2019-06-29T12:00

Australian teacher morale at an all time low- poor job security, lack of autonomy,'new'teachers put in'difficult'schools just some contributing factors. What is the role of the teacher in education...

Private schools and Australia's caste system from 2019-06-22T12:00

Private schools and Australia's caste system. Toffee- a niche dating app exclusively for former private school students! A blast from the past- John Stuart Mill on secular education. Selling cupcak...

Radiothon special from 2019-06-15T12:00

This year's annual radiothon show recaps some of our Great State Schools as well the Students Climate Change Rally. Pledge your donations anytime at 3cr.org.au/donateFind out more about the DOGS at...

A brief history of state aid- the state aid experiment has FAILED again. from 2019-05-18T12:00

A brief history of state aid- State aid has FAILED AGAIN. Mainstream press FINALLY talking about the over-funding of private schools with  an article based on research from the Grattan Institute. E...

Tax policy and the separation of church and state, Morrison government caught diverting funds for capital works to private schools from 2019-05-11T12:00

Tax policy and the separation of church and state- basic principle- No-one should be taxed to pay for the advancement of the religion of another. Morrison government caught diverting funds for capi...

The widening gap between educational outcomes of advantaged and disadvantaged schools from 2019-04-27T12:00

Education and policy funding. Australia's version of religious freedom- if the government gives money to one religion, then it must give  money to them all!. Inequity and inequality taken for grant...

Tax policy and separation of church and state plus much more from 2019-04-20T12:00

Tax policy and the separation of church and state- NO tax payer should be compelled to subsidise religion. The diffence between educating MY CHILD and educating THE CHILDREN- parental choice destro...

Coalition's $14 BILLION in total cuts to public schools and much more from 2019-04-13T12:00

NO mention of public education as Coalition's education priorities, the total of $14 BILLION in cuts to public schools. A brief history of Ireland's religous schooling and the modern attempt at dis...

School chaplaincy case- a win at VCAT from 2019-03-30T12:00

School chaplaincy case- a win at VCAT with an agreement to change the position description to include atheists. Congratulations to the Rational Society Association's fellow Luke Beck and the plaint...

Students Climate Change Rally Special from 2019-03-23T12:00

This week we hear the voices of the passionate, informed and courageous students who took to Melbourne's streets on Friday, March 15th, to protest the inaction of our government to respond to the t...

Morrison has made it clear that public schools are NOT a priority for his government from 2019-03-16T12:00

The chameleon-like rhetoric of the Catholic church, education funding and Pell- refusal of freedom of information request into where the money goes. Morrison has made it clear that public schools a...

Equity ( and the lack thereof ) in education from 2019-02-23T12:00

Equity ( and the lack thereof ) in education, interveiw with Chris Bonner on equity, indigenous enrollment issues, proper accountability for public money.Great State School of the week- Errol Stree...

Australia's educational apartheid from 2019-02-16T12:00

Religious anti-discrimination exemptions- interview with Dr Luke Beck, Bishop Robert Forsythe and Dr Renee Barker from ABC radio National's God Forbid program. Franking credits, Australia's educati...

U.S. Education privatisation parallels from 2019-01-19T12:00

U.S. Education privatisation parallels, L.A. teachers strike, elite schools fighting in court reveal more tha they intend.Great State School of the week- Victorian College of the Arts secondary sch...

Public Private Partnerships in Schooling from 2019-01-12T12:00

This week Jean dissects public private partnership arrangements in Victorian. Robert gives advice to parents who have income and are being told they need to turn their back on the Public School Sys...

Special interview on the active segregation of children in schools in the United States from 2018-12-29T12:00

Special interview on the active segregation of children in schools in the United States from the Ntional Education Policy Centre with Professot Emeritus Gregory Smith and Malaway Rooks.Great State ...

It's official- there is NO separation of religion from the state in Australia from 2018-12-22T12:00

It's official- there is NO separation of religion from the state in Australia. Max Wallace disusses the Rudduck review and its educational implications, religious freedom in Australia.Great State S...

Are private school parents voting with their feet and enrolling in public schools? from 2018-12-15T12:00

Are private school parents voting with their feet and enrolling in public schools? Infrastructure problem with new schools, morning and afternoon schools, postcode fascism, the impasse between stat...

Educational Inequality&Your Postcode from 2018-11-24T12:00

PHd student Creighton Smith's longitudinal study of Naplan tests since 2018 are showing stark inequality in educational outcomes according to postcodes. Rob talks with the researching about his fin...

Australia's so-called'class-free'society has one of the most socially stratified education systems in the WORLD from 2018-11-17T12:00

Gittens article, Australian education in hock to religious education funding, so-called'class-free'society has one of the most socially stratified education systems in the WORLD, OECD report shows ...

Equity in education in Australia from 2018-11-10T12:00

Wquity in education in Australia, Poison of'choice', special'equity'funding for Catholic schools from Morrison for'drought relief'- over 10 years?! Birmingham's political assassination by Catholic ...

The failure of neoliberalism and privatisation by stealth from 2018-10-27T12:00

Privatisation and the failure of neoliberalism, privatisation by stealth of public education, Menadue article on crony capitalism, the obvious connection between anti-privatisation ideas and public...

Private schools cornering the market of'needfulness'and much more from 2018-10-20T12:00

The mish-mash that is Gonski, private schools cornering the market of'needfulness', religious schools are NOT for the poor or disadvantaged, freedom of conscience, facts and figures from Trevor Cob...

The essence of the private schooling'choice'argument- DISCRIMINATION from 2018-10-13T12:00

Schooling should be PUBLIC IN ACCESS. The essence of the private schooling'choice'argument is DISCRIMINATION- private schools discriminate against children using YOUR tax dollars and are expecting ...

The REAL problem about school funding and the needs policy from 2018-09-29T12:00

Can't see the forest for the trees- the REAL problem with school funding and the needs policy, the long term issue of the survival of free education, back to basics- fighting for FREE education for...

War declared on public education- the federal government has stopped governing! from 2018-09-22T12:00

War declared on public education, our federal government's LACK of public education poliocy, Victoria's state election and education implications. The federal government has stopped governing! Andr...

Issues of separation of religion and the state playing out in our schools from 2018-09-15T12:00

Issues of separation of religion and the state playing out in our schools, ugly outcomes from neoliberalism and marketplace ideology in education- school shopping, teachers struggling in the U.S.Gr...

Religious factions playing aggressive politics,'Bespoke Education'and much more from 2018-08-25T12:00

Religoius factions playing aggressive politics, mainstream media taking the DOGS position,'Bespoke education'- Australia's private schools are NOT worth the price tag, paying for homogenous segrega...

Sectarian war between Catholic and Independent schools, questionable charitable status and much more from 2018-08-18T12:00

Sectarian war between catholic and Independent schools for Government funding, pressure to remove exemption from anti-discrimination laws for religious oprganisations that are tax-payer funded, cal...

Warm-up for prize fight over school funding from 2018-08-11T12:00

Schools warm up for prize fight over school funding. In Australia we don't have any functional separation of religion and the state. LeBron James personal financial contributions to the PUBLIC scho...

Government becoming the playthings of multinational corporations from 2018-07-28T12:00

Failed privatisation experiment in Kinsley (U.K.) and academy chains sees standards plummet, questionable use of funding, government becoming the plaything of multinational corporations, significan...

The'marketplace'of education, parasitic selective schools and much more from 2018-07-21T12:00

The parasitic effect of selective state schools, the'marketplace'of education, Education and Labor departments to be combined in the U.S., DeVos's actions during her tenure as Secretary of Educatio...

New Government weapon, admission of over funding, privatisation of education from 2018-07-14T12:00

Obituary for Alan Lidsay Heath. New Government weapon for drilling down into individuals tax returns.  Despite government admissionsof over-funding of Catholic and Independant school systems, fundi...

Gonski 2.0 from 2018-06-30T12:00

Gonski 2.0, Greg Ashman and Glenn Savage article available at Save Our Schools/Dogs Website, continued analysis of article on privatisation of education in the U.S.www.adogs.info

DOGS - Episode 201806231200 from 2018-06-23T12:00

What and who are fuelling the movement to privateise education? Analysis of an important article on privatisation of education, market-based reform of public education in the U.S.Great State School...

Special Radiothon edition! from 2018-06-16T12:00

Special radiothon edition. Great State School of the Week- Bundoora Secondary College- includes interview with parent of current student.www.adogs.info

National Sorry Day Edition of the DOGS from 2018-05-26T12:00

National Sorry Day Edition of the DOGS- $250 million found by ScoMo to fund the anti-constitutional chaplaincy program! Pastoral care program prohibits proselytizing yet providers MUST be Christian...

NSW Auditor General's scathing report on expenditure on private schools.. from 2018-05-19T12:00

Private schools undermine the most basic principles of government accountability for public expenditure, Nsw Auditor General's report on expenditure on private schools, Qld Auditor general report i...

Budget, chaplaincy, Gonski wars and much more from 2018-05-12T12:00

An out-of-touch budget from an out-of-touch government, the pointless chaplaincy program is funded again, the gonski wars and a return to payment by results? Plus a budget response from the preside...

Freedom OF and FROM religion from 2018-04-28T12:00

Freedom of and from religion and the dissenting opinion from Justice murphy, the tragedy of our TAFE system, rorting by tax file number. Great State school of the Week- Murrayvilee community colleg...

Funding debates proving that the DOGS position is UNASSAILABLE. from 2018-04-21T12:00

Funding debates proving that the DOGS position is UNASSAILABLE. The needs policy has been a failure again and again. Australia's education system is slipping behind the rest of the world at a rapid...

Catholic church political phone blitz of Batman electorate and much more from 2018-04-14T12:00

The Catholic church phone blitzed the Batman electorate to ensure that labour won the seat- why and who paid for all these"robo-calls". Catholic church is still desperately trying to make itself a ...

The history of state funding and the creation of the DOGS from 2018-03-31T12:00

The history of the parallel catholic education system, how state funding of private schools originated and the"Goulburn Strike"that started it all. This week's great state school is Footscray West ...

A Song For Simon Birmingham- La Mama Production from 2018-03-24T12:00

This week Cameron Siever and Claire Nicholls from La Mama present excerpts from their current production A Song for Simon Birmingham- A Lifestyle Choicewww.adogs.info

Australia is desperately trying to build it's own aristocracy with YOUR tax dollars from 2018-03-17T12:00

Australia is desperately trying to build it's own aristocracy with YOUR tax dollars. Funding allocations to Catholic schools is DELIBERATELY opaque with its own completely separate bureacracy. Viru...

The big secret about the cost of education from 2018-03-10T12:00

In Australia, we DON'T have freedom from religion, the big secret- spending any more than $14000 per year, per child on education is going to waste. Public schools achieve BETTER results than priva...

State needs policy becomes a PRIVATE GREEDS policy from 2018-02-24T12:00

State needs policy becomes a PRIVATE GREEDS policy, which way will Gonski jump? Education in Australia is a national scandal. Every single public school in NSW is only recieving 90% of its required...

NO PROGRAM DUE TO SPECIAL BROADCAST from 2018-01-20T12:00

NEW YEAR BREAK from 2017-12-30T12:00

DOGS - Episode 201708121200 from 2017-08-12T12:00

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RADIOTHON WEEK from 2017-06-17T12:00

DOGS - Episode 201701281200 from 2017-01-28T12:00

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Australian Council for the Defence of Government Schools from 2016-06-25T12:00

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RADIOTHON from 2016-06-18T12:00

Interview with Ron Williams from 2016-05-28T12:00

Jean and Rob chat with Ron Williams about the seperation of religion and the state, especially as it refers to education.  He also talks about his new website, spe.org.au, which looks at secular ed...

Expenditure of taxes? from 2016-04-30T12:00

Expenditure of taxes? Lots of missing figures- zero accountability in private schoolsadogs.info

Education is not a commodity from which to profit privately from 2016-04-23T12:00

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Internationally, teachers are getting active from 2016-04-16T12:00

Internationally, teachers are getting active PLUS a listener's response to PISAhttp://www.adogs.info/

UK Budget and education from 2016-03-19T12:00

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Gob-smacking lack of foresight from the market theocrats from 2016-03-12T12:00

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DOGS from 2016-02-27T12:00

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The fight against STUPIDITY from 2016-02-20T12:00

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Apologies for the technical difficulties this week from 2016-02-13T12:00

Apologies for the technical difficulties this week, but never fear- here is your weekly installment of DOGS in its entirety!www.adogs.info

Private education providers targeting specifically overseas students from 2016-01-30T12:00

Private education providers targeting specifically overseas students and charging exorbitant rates for meaningless qualifications have reached the end of their halycon days of rorts, backdoor passp...

Successive governments have expected and welcomed massive population growth from 2016-01-23T12:00

Successive governments have expected and welcomed massive population growth and all the repercussions of that growth. So why then, for the first time in 15 years, will there be no more Victorian St...

Separation of church and state from 2016-01-16T12:00

DOGS press release, Max Wallace's article - Religion's Dying Swan Act, separation of church and state and a large scale survey on morality.www.adogs.info

Despite a wealth of positive examples of effective and successful public education systems from 2015-12-26T12:00

Despite a wealth of positive examples of effective and successful public education systems from Scandinavian countries, Canadian provinces and South American countries, Australia seems wedded to th...

Saving our public schools from 2015-12-19T12:00

Saving our public schools in a neo-conservative climate. www.adogs.info

Surface versus substance from 2015-12-12T12:00

Ravenswood Captain Sarah Haynes went off script to tell it like it is, to the chagrin of the school board. She wrote two versions- one for the school'censors'and one she truly wished to read. Surfa...

Funding figures bungled from 2015-11-28T12:00

The Australian Council for the Defense of Government Schools Press Release #629 plus bungled funding figures addressed.www.adogs.info

Worn out privatisation rhetoric spewing forth from the new minister. from 2015-10-31T12:00

Worn out privatisation rhetoric spewing forth from the new minister.  How many poor public schools has Birmingham ever visited?  The DOGS have never unquestioningly supported Gonski as it is really...

Tax-paying parents are OWED State Schools from 2015-10-24T12:00

Tax-paying parents are NOT entitled to but are OWED State Schools that deliver a first-rate education that is offensive to none. State schools should be owned and controlled by the public and be pu...

Analysis of education policy issues. from 2015-10-17T12:00

Analysis of education policy issues. Free market capitalist and the education system do not mix. Where a natural monopoly exists, it should be run by and for the public, and overseen by the people....

Marketeerers profiting from Education from 2015-10-10T12:00

Marketeerers profiting from Education,  State-sanctioned Religious discrimination. What happens in Australia, almost uniquely worldwide, is that when tax payers money goes to religious institutions...

Simon Birmingham - the new minister for education from 2015-09-26T12:00

Birmingham may indulge in softer rhetoric but there's no evidence of commitment to anything other the tired old Liberal market ideology. He has stated that he will be"true the the values"of the Lib...

DOGS do not expect any change from the new Turnbull Government. from 2015-09-19T12:00

DOGS do not expect any change from the new Turnbull Government. His experience of schools for the common good rather than private priilege is extremely limited. www.adogs.info

A comparison between the education systems in Australia and Chile from 2015-09-12T12:00

The Australian education system and a comparison with Chile. The privatisation of the school system in Chile got so out of hand that in 2013, the re-publicisation of  education became an election i...

Busy week in education and policy issues. from 2015-08-29T12:00

A win for FIRIS sees Special Religious Instruction programs re4moved from class time. www.adogs.info

Choice, policy, FIRIS and billboards from 2015-08-22T12:00

We cover an interesting article about choice and entitlement and education policy by David Zyngier (from Monash University, actively involved in FIRIS)Access Ministries have moved up to New South W...

Critical thinking, Church and State,'Corporatocracy' from 2015-08-15T12:00

We look at an interesting article by David Zyngier, from Monash who has actively been involved in the Fairness In Religion Campaign.www.adogs.info

State Aid to Independent Schools from 2015-07-25T12:00

State Aid to Independent and Religious Schools is bad social policy and economic stupidity.www.adogs.info

"Dependant"schools, the"Aspirational" from 2015-07-18T12:00

Dependant schools, aspirational parents and a market theocracy. Rich schools getting more cash, spent on superficial external appearances to entice aspirational parents while public schools in need...

Transparency and accountability of public money from 2015-07-11T12:00

Education is NOT a commodity.Two basic enlightened principles are at risk. 1) Every child born has the right to a free, secular and universal education that is offensive to none, so that the electo...

Stephen Elder and his facts and figures from 2015-04-25T12:00

The Catholic church's"charitable act"of dealing with the education of the poor - using your taxes to actively discriminate against children. Education is a right regardless of religion, values, gen...

Public funds going to private education from 2015-04-18T12:00

The Australian Council for the Defense Of Government Schools continues to stand up for the right of every child to a free, quality and universal education that is offensive to none. As more of YOUR...

The strange case of Scots College boys bypassing HSC from 2015-04-11T12:00

The strange case of Scots College boys bypassing HSC and instead studied a 17 week diploma to gain access to University of Sydney- Diploma of Tertiary Preparation- these are the only boys to have a...

Chile has stopped state aid for all private schools from 2015-03-28T12:00

Due to the market structure imposed in 80s by dictator Pinochet, the Chilean education system is the most socio-economically segregated in the OECD. Australia is well on the way but it hasn't been ...

DOGS (Defense Of Government Schools) 21.05.2015 from 2015-03-21T12:00

Defense of Government SchoolsDOGS press release, state aid debate and Mr Andrews new government, funding of private religious schools in Victoria, outrage at new government's delivering of 25% publ...

DOGS (Defense of Government Schools) 28.02.15 from 2015-02-28T12:00

DOGS press release (available from www.adogs.info), mismanagement of educational infrastructure, public money for private education means withdrawal of the choice of free education for ALL children...