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Yep, i agree with a lot of this. Will come back later and reply.

To be honest, i dont know. im not sure if that would be the best idea for us, but its something we've discussed. Im probably more keen than my partner. I mentioned it initially because this is a property forum so i thought others might have considered it. But you are right we would have to...

Ouch. Did you mean to sound so rude?

The article talks about occupations. Dentistry graduates are dentists. Im pretty sure the majority of law grads are female. 60% maybe, so you would expect slightly more women than men as grads in top tier law firms. Depends on their degrees i guess. Haven't seen the stats on that.

Yes. Heres an extract from the sun Herald article. It doesn't say that all female grads in all industries are paid less, just that in 13 of the 23 professions they looked at, female grads are paid less on average. Interestingly, female grads earned more in 7 professions. And where there is a...

Your one piece of anecdotal evidence is interesting (in that everyone knew everyone's else's salary) but it doesn't prove or disprove anything about the gender pay gap. It's just not a large enough sample - or reliable evidence for that matter.

I think its great that your children had the choice. That must have been empowering for them. I get the bit about support services, ive taught in public, private and catholic. Im not saying that public is always better, just that private doesn't always offer the academic advantages that...

Evidence? Did you even read the articles linked by property_girl and serendip?

I don't think your sample size of one is statistically significant or relevant. Good job you don't work with numbers. Oh wait..

Yep - I agree with you to an extent. Peer group has some influence, and it definitely factored into my decision, but i don't think it's particularly significant. I picked this gov school because it has solid VCE results (but not exceptional), offers a particular programme I'm interested in and a...

Yep, there was not article this year that showed how female graduates in few ares dentistry or accounting - I think, start on lower salaries. It's not just women with families.

Not really. the study looked at the socio economic background of the students and the schools. So When they compared gov and private schools with similar percentages of students from the bottom, middle, middle and top socio economic quartile - there is no difference. I've never seen a...

As a parent - i know there are gov schools i wouldnt want to send my children to, so we bought in the zone of a good gov school. I wish the gov would fund government schools better and id like to see a system like the UK where private schools get NO gov funding. As a teacher - ive read the...

Your right, I've pretty much made my decision, but i will reasses nearer the time, as i think there are other benefits of private school and a lot can change in a few years in any school. I wasnt looking for confirmation, more to explore (or provoke), the cognitive dissonance of a forum of...

Yep, i dont get the networking argument, especially in a country like australia with a very mobile workforce moving from rural to city or interstate or internationaly. What are these high paying industries that preference nepotism over qualifications, interviews, psychometric testing, experience...

I often hear the line about private schools being able to move on 'crap' teachers. The reality is that a huge number of public and private teachers are initially employed on contracts. It seems rare for new teachers at the school i work at be offered a permanent on going contract. Loads of them...

Nope. That was just one part of the study, and the least interesting IMO. The article mentions homework, early years funding and private vs public ed.

Nope. The stats show that wealthy kids do better than poor kids. Put the wealthy kids in a gov school and the stats say they will achieve the same.

That's annoying about the link. I don't visit this site very often so I'm not familiar with how to post a link. I had a go, maybe someone else can work it out. Here's the link cut and pasted...

My partner and I value education, we've got a house full of books. Our children will have all sorts of cultural and learning opportunities. We will expose them to our values, attitudes and education. We have degrees as do all of their grandparents. What advantage will that $30k give them that...