Charter schools are tax payer funded K-12 schools that are managed by private companies. In Australia 30% of high school students are enrolled in private schools. All Australian private schools have received some federal government funding since the 1970s. Since 2010, the government has tested an initiative in Western Australia called the Independent Public School (IPS) Initiative. The federal government has shown interest in rolling out the IPS initiative nationwide.
51% Yes |
49% No |
35% Yes |
37% No |
10% Yes, but not at the expense of funding public schools |
9% No, we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages instead |
5% Yes, but only if they are non-profit |
3% No, and education should not be privatised |
0% Yes, and our entire education system should be privatized |
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Unique answers from Australia users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
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No, education should be co-operatively owned by union member employees and democratically elected employers
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No, we should reform the education curriculum to remove unnecessary subjects such as cultural, political and lgbtqa+ topics.
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Yes, but they should be monitored to make sure that students are learning valuable information and aren't being indoctrinated and used for minions for a greater cause (Including bad causes)
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No because education should not be private, public schools need the funding and teachers need better wages
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I believe that having charter schools is good because indiviuals have more say on how the school is run. However, goverment should regularly hold inspections on charter schools to see if any misuse or inappropriate behaviour is occuring.
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neither, dont have an opinion.
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