I. Just. Can't! Irony is dead.

@MathiasCormann has discovered inequality in education.

“Equality of opportunity is a key ingredient for a strong and cohesive democratic society."

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@MathiasCormann , until 2020, was a member of a government that sought, and continues to seek, the destruction of needs-based school funding denying public schools the minimum funding they need to give every child their best chance in education and life.
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Despite, enrolling the most disadvantaged students, for every dollar the Commonwealth provides for a student in NSW public schools this year, $3 is being provided for a student in NSW Catholic schools and almost $2.50 to students in NSW Independent schools.
Inequitable school funding is fuelling a growing resource divide, with the total income of Independent schools in NSW 60 per cent higher than public schools on a per student basis.
@MathiasCormann , who was part of the destruction of the original Gonski needs based finding reforms, now mocks us by saying "improved social mobility and better equality of opportunity is indeed possible, with lessons from the most equitable education systems"...
Officially, public schools in 2023 will be at 92% of the SRS - the minimum level of resourcing required to educate all students to a high level. Private schools will be at 106% of the SRS.
There is no path in sight for public schools to get to their minimum level of funding.

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19 Sep
Naming and shaming schools - a policy failure. ⁦⁦@SOSAust

Another one for the we-told-you-so-file.

Here’s a novel idea.

Fund every school at its minimum Schooling Resource Standard.

#EverySchoolEveryChild
Courtesy of the Berejiklian and Morrison Govts public schools in 2023 will be at 92 per cent of the SRS -the minimum level of resourcing required to educate all students to a high level, with no path in sight to get to 100% of the SRS. Private schools will be at 106% of the SRS.
However, its not even 92%.
The figure is inflated by the Fed Govt’s decision to allow the State Govt to inflate its SRS value by 4% through the inclusion of capital depreciation costs and the recurrent funding of NESA - both absent from the SRS calculation for private schools.
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The government has announced that it will maintain the very salary cap that has caused the decline in teacher salaries relative to other degreed professions which, along with crippling workloads, has created a teacher shortage. ❌❌❌
#GallopInquiry

smh.com.au/politics/nsw/n…
The #GallopInquiry warned, the government’s position on public sector wages “would undermine the standing and attractiveness of the teaching profession and be unjust given the evidence of change, intensification of work, and the value of the profession"
The #GallopInquiry warned, "without a significant increase in salaries, the State Government will not be able to address the significant shortage of teachers in NSW or recruit the additional ones to meet rising enrolments.”
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25 Mar 20
#COVID19au Yesterday Federation sought a response to a series of contradictory statements including: 👇🏻
• the need to observe social distancing protocols which are impossible to implement in classrooms, corridors and most school playgrounds;
• statements that children are low-risk agents for the virus at school but suddenly become high-risk agents in shopping centres and public playgrounds, while also ignoring the fact that tens of thousands are travelling on trains and buses each morning and afternoon;
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22 Mar 20
#Covid_19australia
Teachers have been thrust onto the frontline of this crisis.

The Premier has failed to provide any reassurance for our public school teachers and principals. 👇🏻
The Premier has failed to issue clear and unequivocal advice in relation to school closures.

What we have now is a recipe for chaos.
Encouraging parents and caregivers to choose whether their children attend school or not fails to offer any assurances or provide any certainty. The Premier has created a moral dilemma for parents.
Read 4 tweets
22 Mar 20
#Covid_19australia
Teachers and principles are not dispensable.
An urgent meeting is being sought with the NSW minister.
Answers are needed 👇🏻
As of midday, yesterday, plans were being enacted to wind back school operations. Described as the UK model, schools were to remain open with appropriate levels of supervision for children of essential workers.
In the UK, schools are being kept as empty as possible. Flexible arrangements are in place for school staff to ensure effective minimum supervision and the further ongoing development of online educational material for students not at schools.
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7 Mar 20
This is obscene. Meanwhile, the federal government will deliver $1.8billion in capital funding to private schools over the next decade – public schools get nothing 👇🏻 smh.com.au/education/an-a…
At a state level, the Berijiklian Government gifted private schools $500 million as an election promise.
While public school enrolments continue to grow, so too does the state and federal government’s obscene commitment to the dance studios and capital portfolios of private schools.
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