Class Wars Money, Schools and Power in Modern Australia |
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| Author:
| Taylor, Tony |
| Series title: | Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-925495-46-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2018 |
| Publisher: | Monash University Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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How Australians fund schooling has been a matter of bitter political, social, and religious division for almost two hundred years. And it remains so.
The 2012 Gonski Review, urging all jurisdictions to move towards consensus on a needs-based and socially just education system, has continued to encounter forms of political obstruction. By examining the principles, the motives, and the means of those who, since Menzies, have fought to develop and maintain a class-based...
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How Australians fund schooling has been a matter of bitter political, social, and religious division for almost two hundred years. And it remains so.
The 2012 Gonski Review, urging all jurisdictions to move towards consensus on a needs-based and socially just education system, has continued to encounter forms of political obstruction. By examining the principles, the motives, and the means of those who, since Menzies, have fought to develop and maintain a class-based education system at the expense of a broader view of social justice, this book explains how and why Australian education policy remains mired in political controversy.