The stupid country
Subtitle: how Australia is dismantling public education
By: Chris Bonnor and Jane Caro.
Contributors: Caro, Jane.
Publisher: University of New South Wales Press Ltd
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Sydney, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780868408064
Subjects: School choice -- Political aspects -- Australia; Public schools -- Australia -- Costs; Middle class -- Education -- Australia -- Costs; Education and state -- Australia; Politics and education -- Australia
Description: Within 5-10 years, the hardest schools for kids to get into will be public schools. The authors examine demographic trends, political policy, enrolments and the direction of society as a whole. Kids most likely to miss out on a place in a public school are middle class kids, and that the next generation of Australian middle class parents will be the first for 150 years who will have no choice but to pay for their children's education. Australia has embarked on a radical and unique education policy and, if current policies and trends do not change, will become the first western democracy to dismantle its public education system.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-232) and index.