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Comment on Australian public school funding falls behind private schools as states fail to meet targets

lordriffington@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Will you sacrifice the quality of your kids education for the greater good?

History, cause we have seen all this before, says you won’t.

Your question implies that I wouldn’t believe they could get a good enough education at a public school (which frankly says more about you.) If I were to have another child and needed to send them to school, I would absolutely send them to a public school, even if I could afford the “best” private schools.

So while I reject your assertion that it’s as cut and dried as ‘private school=better,’ the answer is yes. I would.

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abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Your question implies that I wouldn’t believe they could get a good enough education at a public school (which frankly says more about you.)

Yeah - I think that’s the key difference between you and most people (like me) who prefer private schools.

I know my local public school - there is only one public school. The NAPLAN results show the student education levels are “Well Below” the Australian Standard level.

The local private school, on the other hand, lists scores “Well Above” on NAPLAN. And it’s cheap as to send my kid there.

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stoic_sloth@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I am not saying that private is always better, but the catchment rules for public mean that your kids might be going to a relatively bad public school just purely due to demographics.

History says that educationally minded parents are unwilling to send their kids to such a school…which further entrenches that schools low performance.

You might be willing to do so, but the aggregate are not.

It’s why this situation is politically fraught: short voting incentives prevent politicians from fixing it as it costs them their voters.

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- yesterdayshero@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  What’s the link you’re trying to draw between public/private school funding?
  
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  - stoic_sloth@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s a…weakness in schools drawing from a geographic area.
    
    A school is not just the facilities and the teachers. It’s also the student body, and going to school with kids who care about education is better for education outcomes than a school with people who don’t.
    
    This is why private/selective schools get such outsized results, they pick and choose the “best” students and let the wealthy leach buy their way in.
    
    The effect is that the public schools don’t have this “cream” or the money.
    
    If you want good outcomes. You functionally need to outlaw private schools.
    
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    yesterdayshero@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Why does any of that mean private schools should get more government funding than public schools?
    
    Based in your argument, private schools should get no funding, because it doesn’t improve education.
    
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