Australia’s schooling system is among the most highly segregated in the OECD. Public schools educate the majority of disadvantaged students, while there is concentrated advantage in private schools.
This situation can be attributed, in large part, to our school funding arrangements.
A really informative article that explains how we got to where we are and what we can do about it. Australians must demand a fair and more intelligent system.
Buh buh buh but whhaaayyy should their taxes fund schools their kids aren’t going too whaaa?!
Do you want little johnny poorperson to be educated and working as your office drone or illiterate johnny poorperson smashing in your window and stealing your TV for meth
I think they want little johnny poor person working crappy low-skilled, low-paying jobs. For the economy!
They care about the immediate effects of tax on themselves and extrapolating indirect benefits is beyond their mental capacities in spite of their fancy private education.