Needs based funding really works

aussietraveller · Guru

Needs based funding really works

adreamer · Senior Member

I would never send a child to a public school. Not if you want your child to be able to spell and add up without using their fingers.

Spiting at and abusing teachers, absenteeism etc.

I worked hard and went without to put my child through a private school.

Helen

Radar · Guru

adreamer wrote:
I would never send a child to a public school. Not if you want your child to be able to spell and add up without using their fingers.
Spiting at and abusing teachers, absenteeism etc.
I worked hard and went without to put my child through a private school.
Helen

We worked hard, played hard, loved hard, sent our 2 kids of to public/state schools, then uni, no problem with that.

At present enjoying living in Austria with our son for 12 weeks thanks to our loving son who went to public/state schools, then uni who also worked hard, loved hard and plays hard.

Thank you to our son from your poor drop out public school Dad.

Radar · Guru

aussietraveller wrote:
great news for parents facing hardship in keeping their children in Grammar Schools in Sydney, ABC news this morning explained how one private Grammar School has received an extra 19 million under the federal Governments new needs based funding for education.
Every public school in the NSW Blue Mountains has had a reduction in their funding, a small local school has lost $80,000 from its current funding level to one of our larger high schools that has lost half a million under needs based funding.
I find this very reassuring as it confirms that our Blue Mountains students are much brighter and obviously much more intelligent than children attending Grammar schools.
Anyone know when the next election is!!!

Hi Aussietraveller

It certainly makes you wonder how they come up with these figures.

Was the Blue Mountain schools previously over funded? I could not have imagine that.

I might just ask my over educated public schooled Chartered Accountant son specialising in finance presently working in London how it works

That will not happen, I still will not understand.

The Belmont Bear · Guru

Sometimes I'm a little sceptical of how accurate these reports are, the ABC tends to be biased towards the left and the local pay TV channels tend to biased towards the right. One point I would make is that both sides of politics have increased funding in the education system over recent years and the results (based on skills testing) hasn't been improving so where is that money going ? If the ABC's report proves to be factual then I agree with you Aussie one private school receiving an extra $19M in funding at the expense of the less affluent public schools is totally wrong. Interesting article below on needs based funding -

Making sense of giving a Gonski on needs-based school funding

-- Edited by The Belmont Bear on Thursday 8th of June 2017 07:14:54 PM

-- Edited by The Belmont Bear on Thursday 8th of June 2017 07:16:07 PM

Grubbygypsy · Senior Member

Me....in this day and age....homeschool all the way.....
Probably what they want.....although I can't see them wanting free thinking, intelligent people either. They'd just be happier if they didn't need to educate our own but could fluff up the other more important people in the world.
Who wants a kid that can't even string a sentence together?
Mine were public until I realised what was happening - then private until I realised that was slipping into the depths of despair also......
If I had my time over again (which thankfully won't happen), I wouldn't hesitate to homeschool like I was considering with my youngest. Sadly.....I decided to persevere......WOW!!!!!
No amount of funding or not would influence that decision these days!!!!!