One more thing...

[bumbklaatt]

This is one of my pet hates

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[tokificent]

Total word.

[bumbklaatt]

:)

[nayby]

There’s not very many political issues that I have a strong opinion about (and if I do I usually keep them to myself) but I believe that the education system needs a complete overhaul, and I also think that the Federal Government should be in charge of the whole education system, and all tests should be standardized

[nerienda]

Sorry Nay, but.
1. In the Constitution, schools were given to the states to control. And the Federal Government would have us on Performance Pay, with no transfer system by the time you could blink - meaning no teachers in Western NSW.
2. Standardized tests suck for students - they do not give a fair view of students abilities - they judge those students on that day in an exam situation (where many students perform poorly anyway).
3. There should be some cohesiveness across states, I don't dispute that. But it should be states co-operating, not Federal mandate. Otherwise you just end up with many pissed off teachers being forced to change.

[bumbklaatt]

But you have to admit, the NSW Board of Education aren't really a shining light leading the way, are they?

There needs to be a massive overhaul of the state systems. The federal government aren't the ones to do it, but we need a strong education minister in NSW to do it.

[bumbklaatt]

I think it would be good if there was a cohesive system, but as Aimee said, the Federal Government are not the ones to do it.

That being said, the NSW Board of Education couldn't manage a root in a brothel with a $50 hanging out of their fly, so we have no hope of them ever organising anything.

[kately]

i am so with you on that one!! I think it is unrealistic to pull funding from private schools in this day and age... i just don't understand why they can't standardise school funding - i.e. have a particular amount 'per student' so-to-speak - and then take into consideration geographics, the state of school facilities etc etc, AND THEN offer further grants for clearly disadvantaged schools.

I dunno... surely there is a fairer alternative...

[nerienda]

They do have an amount per student that they increased spending by - $1 for every public school student and $5 for every private school student.

[bumbklaatt]

The 'voucher' system of education has been proposed before, but there has never been a cohesive argument put forward.

Mainly because the majority of politians, and their children, attend private schools.

[fiery_ichor]

as an education student I did an assignment on Private vs public funding last year in EDUC1004 Contexts of Teaching (sociology, politics, inequality etc). If you'd like me to email it to you, let me know.

[aussiemandias]

Please consider the fact that over 30% of students in non-government schools are from families whose income is under $41,600. These are not the elite of society.

[nerienda]

But they wouldn't need private school if public schools had the same advantages.

[bumbklaatt]

There is absolutely no question that the NSW Board of Education, and the state government, are completely fucking useless.

However, the majority of private schools do earn a lot of money from fees collected from parents. The amount they collect far supersedes the amount allocated per student in the public system.

So therefore, they do have more advantages, because they simply have more money to spend on their students.

It all comes back to the argument of Federal funds allocation. Under the GST, States were to receive back the money raised in their State from GST revenue.

Currently, NSW receives less, because Queensland receives more.

[nerienda]

Think I've said enough without ranting. :)

[bumbklaatt]

Almost :p