A Comparison Of Education In Australia And United States

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Education in Australia and United States are internationally recognised as being of a very high standard. Although both countries follow slightly similar methods of funding, both recognised that their approach is unjust. In Australia, schools (private and public) receive most of the funding from the States, Territories and Commonwealth government (Education Training, 2018). Indeed, the majority of the money comes from the territories and states (approximately three-quarters) goes to public schools whilst the Commonwealth funding goes to private schools (Catholic schools) (Hanrahan, 2017; Boston, 2017). The reason that private schools obtain public funding is historical. In the past, private schools were educated students with fewer fees than