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Public education is now under threat as never before. The massive increase in public funding of private schools, the rundown of TAFE and the failure of the federal government to fund universities are eroding the future of our great public education institutions. There is an alternative: a well funded public education system building a future for all Australians, regardless of their level of wealth or their family background. The Greens are campaigning alongside teachers and their unions, students, parents and the community to build that alternative.
CampaignsJohn is campaigning in four key areas of education policy:
Latest News:Gillard's hollow words on school league tables
02 July 2009
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard's attack on the Greens amendment to stop the publication of crude school rankings in NSW contradicts her commitment to avoid the production of simplistic league tables, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. School league table defenders skate on thin ice
29 June 2009
Criticisms of the Greens' anti-league tables amendment fail to acknowledge the damage that would have been done by inaccurate comparisons of schools, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. NSW schools spared from destructive league tables
24 June 2009
A Greens amendment passed by the NSW Upper House this evening will prohibit the publication of league tables comparing the performance of individual schools in NSW newspapers. Public schools ripped off by centralised purchasing policy
22 June 2009
Education Minister Verity Firth's centralised school purchasing system is damaging public schools and small businesses, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Wealthy private schools hoarding public funds
20 June 2009
Massive state and federal subsidies are bloating the finances of already wealthy private schools, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Firth's league tables bill washes hands of damage done to schools
19 June 2009
NSW Education Minister Verity Firth has introduced legislation that will damage education and undermine schools, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Omission is admission: league table website will damage schools
14 June 2009
The nation's education ministers' omission of the 'do no damage' principle from their data publishing protocols is an admission that their website will inevitably lead to the humiliation of many schools, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Hurlstone kids pressured to abandon walkathon
09 June 2009
The Department of Education has banned a walkathon organised by students opposed to selling land at Hurlstone Agricultural High School, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Special needs education badly under-funded
09 June 2009
The Rees government is failing to provide sufficient teachers for students with disabilities in NSW public schools, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Firth's school league tables legislation in trouble
08 June 2009
The Rees government's decision to push ahead with legislation to allow the publication of school rankings will damage many schools serving disadvantaged communities, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Document Actions |
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