time to abolish private schools, page-89

Education in Australia whether it be public or private is forced to teach according to a bureaucrat set agenda.

The outcome for many children over the last 20 - 30 years has been a failure to reach even the most basic levels in reading and maths. Tasmania is the latest in a long line of shocking outcomes with year 9 children two years behind their peers in other states and half the adult population unable to read in an adequate manner, if at all.

Clearly, money and smaller classes have failed to lift standards as Tassie has the smallest classes of all and the schools too are tiny with an average of only 270 students all up.

The problem has to relate to a lack of discipline, motivation, expectations, teaching quality and/or the curriculum itself.

Also of note is the recent appointments for Julia Gillard in the education sphere via the US "thinktank", the Brookings Institute.


"Former Australian Prime Minister takes on new role leading fundraising efforts to provide education to 57 million out-of-school children worldwide

Washington, D.C. – February 10, 2014. The Global Partnership for Education (GPE), the only multilateral partnership devoted to getting all children in the world's poorest countries into school for a quality education, has appointed former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to be the new Chair of its Board of Directors.

As Australia’s Prime Minister from 2010 to 2013 and throughout her career in public office, including as Minister of Education, Gillard distinguished herself as a passionate and effective champion for education. In October 2013, she was named Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for Universal Education by the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

In her new role with the Global Partnership for Education, she will advocate to get out-of-school children in some of the world’s poorest countries in school for a quality education."


We can now expect to see more taxpayer funds flow out of this country via Julia's new role.

www.globalpartnership.org/news/538/762/Julia-Gillard-New-Board-Chair-at-Global-Partnership-for-Education/