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Funding Schools
Questions
1. Discuss the issues raised in the BTN story as a class.
2. Where do public and private schools get their funding from so they can run?
3. Who gets more funding from the Federal government, private or public schools?
4. When did the Federal government start helping private catholic schools out with more funding?
a. After World War I
b. After World War II
c. In the year 2017
5. Explain why the Government needed to help private catholic schools with more funding.
6. What percent of Aussie kids attend private schools?
7. The Government recently announced they are giving less funding to schools. True or false?
8. Why are some people campaigning against the new plan?
9. Do you think the system is fair? Why or why not?
10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BTN story?
2. Where do public and private schools get their funding from so they can run?
3. Who gets more funding from the Federal government, private or public schools?
4. When did the Federal government start helping private catholic schools out with more funding?
a. After World War I
b. After World War II
c. In the year 2017
5. Explain why the Government needed to help private catholic schools with more funding.
6. What percent of Aussie kids attend private schools?
7. The Government recently announced they are giving less funding to schools. True or false?
8. Why are some people campaigning against the new plan?
9. Do you think the system is fair? Why or why not?
10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BTN story?