Comments on KEVIN DONNELLY “Schools forced to dance to Canberra's centralist tune”, 19/12/2012, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/schools-forced-to-dance-to-canberras-centralist-tune/story-e6frgd0x-1226539986534
Let's accept the argument that Australia's Catholic and private schools have performed well internationally and this is not the case for government schools.
Apart from differences in freedom in areas of decision making by schools mentioned in the article, another possible reason could be the so called adverse selection problem, in which wealth and family backgrounds may play a role in selecting going to government or non-government schools.
This should only need to be interpreted as on average, rather than a rule applies to all individual cases.
Showing posts with label private education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label private education. Show all posts
2010-05-01
Schools and government funding
Comments on Justine Ferrari “National survey ranks our best classrooms”, 1/05/2010, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/national-survey-ranks-our-best-classrooms/story-e6frg6nf-1225860838693
This calls the wisdom of the government's spending indiscriminately on both public and private schools into question.
People have choices and are not forced into private schools. Then why do the federal government need to spend on elite private schools, which runs clearly against the ALP government's argument on means testing private health insurance where people are forced to having private health insurance?
It shows a government that is totally illogical, inconsistent and contradictory.
That is how the government has got so many things wrong and wasted so much taxpayers’ money, like the home insulation program, the BER programs, and etc.
It is inexplicable of an incompetent government run by hopeless and incompetent people.
This calls the wisdom of the government's spending indiscriminately on both public and private schools into question.
People have choices and are not forced into private schools. Then why do the federal government need to spend on elite private schools, which runs clearly against the ALP government's argument on means testing private health insurance where people are forced to having private health insurance?
It shows a government that is totally illogical, inconsistent and contradictory.
That is how the government has got so many things wrong and wasted so much taxpayers’ money, like the home insulation program, the BER programs, and etc.
It is inexplicable of an incompetent government run by hopeless and incompetent people.
2009-07-03
Funding school education
Comments on ABC Unleashed program “Public funding for private education?”, 2/07/2009, http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2611162.htm
Although there could be arguments for both for and against public funding to private schools, the balance should be on against it. Government has the responsibility to fund education for all with equal opportunities.
Given that public schools are available to all school aged children including those who or their parents choose to private schools, public funding available for public schools and quasi public schools are the most appropriate course of policy. Those who choose to go to private schools are free to choose and are not excluded from potential public funding of public school.
It is, however, a different issue when it comes to funding to schools that are partially private, like those catholic schools. The government should provide partial funding to those schools to make up the funding shortfalls.
Although there could be arguments for both for and against public funding to private schools, the balance should be on against it. Government has the responsibility to fund education for all with equal opportunities.
Given that public schools are available to all school aged children including those who or their parents choose to private schools, public funding available for public schools and quasi public schools are the most appropriate course of policy. Those who choose to go to private schools are free to choose and are not excluded from potential public funding of public school.
It is, however, a different issue when it comes to funding to schools that are partially private, like those catholic schools. The government should provide partial funding to those schools to make up the funding shortfalls.
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