Bio

Anthony Ashbolt is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Wollongong and an editor of the labour history journal Illawarra Unity.

Anthony Ashbolt's contributions:

Quality education for all: state aid is still the issue

This week it was revealed that private schools are receiving around $2 billion more than they are entitled to under the SES model for private school funding. In the latest instalment of the Centre for Policy Development's series on education funding policy, Anthony Ashbolt argues that all state aid to private schools reinforces anti-democratic tendencies in our society.

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Labor's education policy buried by an untrue tale

In the second of two articles on the myths behind the education debate, Anthony Ashbolt shoots down the 'hit list' theory of Labor's lost election.

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The myths we are taught about schools

In the first of two articles on the myths behind the education debate, Anthony Ashbolt writes that although many parents believe the media misconceptions about public versus private schooling, a majority would still choose public schools even if there was no additional cost to switch to private

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