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Australia has been well served by its public education system. Public schools, TAFE colleges and universities have created a more just society and have contributed to our ability to generate wealth, conduct a democracy and produce a dynamic and vibrant culture.
Public education is now under threat as never before. The massive increase in public funding of private schools, the rundown of TAFE and the failure of the federal government to fund universities are eroding the future of our great public education institutions.
There is an alternative: a well funded public education system building a future for all Australians, regardless of their level of wealth or their family background.
The Greens are campaigning alongside teachers and their unions, students, parents and the community to build that alternative.
Campaigns
John is campaigning in four key areas of education policy:
Latest News:
Firth must protect NSW from curriculum backwards step
NSW Education Minister Verity Firth must heed warnings by professional bodies representing teachers across three disciplines that Julia Gillard's national curriculum would lower the quality of education in this state, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
School promotion hides Scientology links
The Greens have lodged a formal complaint with the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission over an advertising leaflet promoting the Athena School in Newtown that fails to reveal its links to Scientology.
Gillard's curriculum leaves door open to creationism in NSW science classes
Education Minister Julia Gillard's draft national curriculum has left open loopholes that would allow the teaching of intelligent design and old earth creationism as science, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
'My school' first step to teacher hiring and firing on test results
The Greens are calling on NSW Education Minister Verity Firth to flatly reject the use of literacy and numeracy results to rank teachers and determine their tenure.
US experience points finger at 'My school' website
Reports of widespread test alterations in the US state of Georgia sound very loud alarm bells on the pressure that the 'my school' website will place on NSW schools, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Inexcusable inaction on unflued gas heaters in public schools
The NSW government continues to install gas heaters without flues in public schools despite repeated concerns raised by parents, doctors and teachers and their own health department, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Literacy school closure mess needs urgent resolution
NSW Education Minister Verity Firth has failed to stop bureaucrats vandalising a world-leading school and residential health service for rural and remote children with learning difficulties, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Feature: What Julia Gillard's 'My School' website won't tell you
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard’s ‘my school’ website fails to reveal state and federal funding of private schools. For many already wealthy private schools, this omission will disguise a multi-million dollar advantage that comes on top of money collected by fees and charges.
'my school' website hides funding inequality
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard's 'my school' website fails to reveal a multi-million dollar advantage enjoyed by wealthy private schools, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Willoughby Public Forum: Clean energy future for NSW
