1. Teachers didn't decide to segregate and discriminate between kids on the basis of their parents wealth and influence - federal governments have done that with a vengeance after Howard commenced $Feeding $Greed in the early 2000s - making taxpayers fund 'private schools' which serve the ideological agendas of religious organisations and enabling risk-free $Profits for 'the establishment'. 2. Public school teachers do NOT determine the curriculum, it's PRESCRIBED by our politicians. Teachers who do not implement what are highly prescriptive curriculum guidelines face disciplinary action ranging from suspension from duty to fines and dismissal - they can also face civil actions from parents. Taxpayer-funded privates schools are free to indoctrinate kids and do almost what they want to the curriculum - imposing religious practices and beliefs for example! 3. Australia's public teaching workforce has been grossly overburdened with administrative crap imposed by politicians for decades now - testing regimes which waste precious time and produce worthless data for example. 4. Australia's public schools have been grossly under-resourced for decades and currently received less than 90% of what Gonski funding promised a decade ago, that while taxpayer-funded 'private schools' have already received 130% of what Gonski promised them. 5. Your comment about using older / brighter kids teaching younger ones already happens extensively throughout public schools - creaming off one third of all kids into elitist taxpayer-funded 'privates schools' has however taken a toll on this.
Demands by employers to import workers to further depress teachers' wages and working conditions so private schools can cherry pick experienced public school teachers is sickening.. It equates to short-selling our kids futures.
