What a lot of twaddle.

The single main advantages of a private school (top notch or otherwise) is that:

1 disruptive children can be disciplined and in worst cases removed.

2 They can recruit better teachers not only because the pay is better and they can check references for past performance, but most teachers prefer the less disruptive classes.

That the top private schools offer extra curricular activities incl sports, art, music etc produces a far more balanced education.

In the new world of tomorrow, kids that don't excel in maths and science have few if any prospects?

And underlines the absolute necessity of ensuring our best and brightest are in with a chance, rather than those with parents with deep pockets!

And we need remedial teaching to prepare some young minds for their careers, given it is our future rather than simply theirs!

And best achieved by eliminating waste and union protected incompetent teachers! And can never be about them but the kids they teach!

Hasbeen waxes lyrical on rewarding good teachers. And here he and I agree. But not with his back to the future model which has been and gone and like him, had its day!

Particularly in a future where most schooling will be home based and computer facilitated, and campuses places you go to for a couple of weeks every term for the practical stuff and exams.

Sport should also be mostly weekend stuff and compulsory! And needed to ensure good social skills and gracious good losers, among other things.
Alan B.

John is President of 'Zero Carbon Network' and spruiks the fallacy that public education teaches you to think more. Please give us a break. The group/consensus think thanks of pseudo scientist have been exposed by the deplorables.

Homeschooling seems like very sad option. I think most of kids and teenagers needs to socialise more and learn how to co-operate with others in every situation that they step in. It's hard and painful but hey - that's life!