Class Wars : Money, Schools and Power in Modern Australia.

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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 encoun...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taylor, Tony
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Portland : Monash University Publishing, 2018.
Series:Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser.
Subjects:
Education and state > Australia.
Education > Political aspects.
Education > Australia > Finance.
Education > Aims and objectives > Australia.
Education > Economic aspects > Australia.
School management and organization > Australia.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > Australie.
Éducation > Aspect politique.
Éducation > Australie > Finances.
Éducation > Aspect économique > Australie.
Administration scolaire > Australie.
Educational finance.
Educational history.
Educational policy.
Equal education.
Federal aid.
Federal government.
Financial support.
Politics of education.
Schools.
Primary secondary education.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Education > Aims and objectives
Education and state
Education > Economic aspects
Education > Finance
Education > Political aspects
School management and organization
Australia
Australian
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright and Imprint Information; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preamble; Introduction; 1. The Goulburn Myth, Social Justice and the Menzies Gesture 1962-63; 2. Snob Value; 3. The Gorton Style and Better-Established Schools; 4. Malcolm Fraser; 5. The Whitlam Government; 6. The Schools Commission; 7. The Schools Commission and the Liberal Way of Progress; 8. The Hawke-Ryan Years; 9. Minister Kemp and the Socio-Economic Status System; 10. Julia Gillard and Irresponsible, Untruthful Fear Campaigns; 11. Christopher Pyne; 12. Simon Birmingham; Conclusion.

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