http://www.redrag.net/2004/01/29/schools-out-for-howard/ "The thinking Laborite would as lief be found in bed with a cobra as in a committee room armed with 'arguments' from the Tory press." --- Truth, Perth, 19 June 1915. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:29:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.redrag.net/2004/01/29/schools-out-for-howard/comment-page-1/#comment-2544 Niall Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/01/29/schools-out-for-howard/#comment-2544 T`would be pleasing to see fairness and equity in education funding, but under Howard, it's not likely to happen. T`would be pleasing to see fairness and equity in education funding, but under Howard, it’s not likely to happen.

]]> http://www.redrag.net/2004/01/29/schools-out-for-howard/comment-page-1/#comment-2545 Norman Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/01/29/schools-out-for-howard/#comment-2545 When State Aid was first coming in, some of us who didn't support what we saw coming, but accepted that some form of State Aid was inevitable, tried desperately to argue within the Labor Party, for a means tested approach that would help disadvantaged schools. The NSW Teachers' Federation, although not affiliated to the ALP, condemned any such move. In part due to the sectarian bitterness prevalent among the "activist" leadership at the time, they fought bitterly against what they saw as helping the Catholic Parochial schools. It's too late now to talk about a system that helps only those schools most in need. The irony of the situation is that the Federation's policy helped create a situation in which more and more of their own teachers are now refusing to send their own children to State Schools. When State Aid was first coming in, some of us who didn’t support what we saw coming, but accepted that some form of State Aid was inevitable, tried desperately to argue within the Labor Party, for a means tested approach that would help disadvantaged schools.
The NSW Teachers’ Federation, although not affiliated to the ALP, condemned any such move. In part due to the sectarian bitterness prevalent among the “activist” leadership at the time, they fought bitterly against what they saw as helping the Catholic Parochial schools.
It’s too late now to talk about a system that helps only those schools most in need. The irony of the situation is that the Federation’s policy helped create a situation in which more and more of their own teachers are now refusing to send their own children to State Schools.

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