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Aus Schools

@IvanWebb

Working to improve Australia's two-tier school system

 Launceston, Tasmania
auschools.blogspot.com.au
Joined February 2009
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The missing link. The federal government determines how Australia’s school system works but public school parents rarely meet with their MHR or a Senator. This means major flaws are poorly understood by decision makers auschools.blogspot.com/2020/…
Trust in governments is declining along with hope for a better school system. I know this is true for me, and current governments may not be to blame. Governance of Australia's school system auschools.blogspot.com/2020/…
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The unspoken Social Contract around Schools is the major constraint on creating an equitable, high performing school system for Australia. auschools.blogspot.com/2020/…
Can private schools retain non-fee paying students? auschools.blogspot.com/2020/…
#qanda Please find a better way of managing time limits in panel responses. Bell or lights?
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Improvement - It seems counter-intuitive to focus on making things Easier First but it works aussie-schools.blogspot.com/…
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Reducing resistance to change This post is a follow-up to my previous blog on the issue of change. All feedback gratefully received. aussie-schools.blogspot.com/…
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Resistance to change. Julian Baggini's analysis of an old proverb explains why proponents of change and subjects of change have such different perspectives. One of the most important insights ever. aussie-schools.blogspot.com/… …
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Our irresponsible government is to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel's capital. This is not supported by the majority of Australians. abc.net.au/news/2018-12-15/g…
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Its time to see where we are and do they need review theconversation.com/the-melb…
The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians: what it is and why it needs...

The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians: what it is and why it needs...

The Melbourne Declaration is now ten years old. It acts as a national guide for education policy, practice and delivery in Australian schools.

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Australia allocates more and better teacher resources to socio-economically advantaged schools than to disadvantaged schools. The gaps rank alongside the worst in the OECD. Little wonder that there is no reduction in achievement gaps b/n rich and poor. bit.ly/2Czzzw3
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Self-organisation in schools - perhaps the most missed strategy for fast, easy, cheap school improvement - aussie-schools.blogspot.com/…
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Dan Tehan on ABC Insiders this morning - Could be worth watching
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Why Catholic primary school parents can afford to pay more abc.net.au/news/2018-09-21/c…
Why Catholic primary school parents can afford to pay more

Why Catholic primary school parents can afford to pay more

New analysis shows wealthy parents at advantaged Catholic primary schools could actually afford the increase to school fees under the needs-based model, writes Peter Goss. And whether they opt to...

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Does "Affordable choice for all" mean what the Government is claiming. Try these discussion starters and see what you think. goo.gl/GP5fSZ
Special school funding to save the Catholic Church? aussie-schools.blogspot.com/…
Great news - Dan Tehan, Federal Minister for Education is promising "affordable choice for all parents". But he is clearly out of touch with how choice works in his school system: aussie-schools.blogspot.com/…
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The right to choose a school for each of your children is a big deal in Australia. Education is sort of "free", but choosing your children's schools can be a challenge and very expensive. aussie-schools.blogspot.com/…
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Discovering an estimate of any school's actual funding -You might be surprised aussie-schools.blogspot.com/…
Gonski is like phone plans - too many variations and too complicated to really understand fully. As a result, it does not meet its own criteria. aussie-schools.blogspot.com/…
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