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Australia’s frighteningly unequal funding system favours private schools, argues Jane Caro. How can we fix it? (theconversation.com)
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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.

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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

To put dates on it (though South Australia is different) from colony onwards Australia was mostly Catholic, then the £5 poms came after the second world war, 1940s

Adelaide had a Protestant population of German heritage from early colonial days

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago

    The Australian colonial 'ruling class' was predominantly Anglican even though many in the convict class and some of the lower army ranks were Catholic. There were also other protestant denominations. In the early days of the colony, in NSW and Tasmania the children of Catholic convicts and all orphans under the care of the colonial government were brought up as Anglicans. As the population grew and more Irish convicts and migrants arrived the Catholic population also grew. If you're interested there's a great summary of the Christian churches in Australia have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Australia

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