It's that time of the year again when state schools send home "donation" invoices. The actions of one Fielding school have triggered a talkback debate about school funding and many, many people are not at all happy with the way schools are putting pressure on parents to come up with what I think we can safely call an extra tax.
So is the government simply under-funding education and hoping to screw the balance out of medium to high decile school parents?
In 1967 education accounted for 11.9% of total govt spending with 30% of the population aged 5-19
In 2007 (forecast) education spending will soak up 14.7% of govt spending with only 22% of the population aged 5-19
Considerably more spending on proportionately fewer children with, it would seem, no improvement. Just like the health system. Of course this is the result of a political philosophy that says spending money is the answer to everything.
“Openly Jewish”
1 hour ago
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School "fees" are just as stupid as school zoning, both distort the free education market which of course we don't have, with this interventionist government.
I'm sure most observers know that Item #2 in the Constitution of the Labour Party is "redistribution of wealth".
Don't forget about the other fundraising activities where you donate food/second-hand-goods/time etc to the schools.
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