Comment on Australian public school funding falls behind private schools as states fail to meet targets
stoic_sloth@aussie.zone 1 year agoI 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.
yesterdayshero@aussie.zone 1 year ago
What’s the link you’re trying to draw between public/private school funding?
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.
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.