http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/alex-sanchez/ Alex Sanchez grew up in Green Valley in the outer reaches of Liverpool to Spanish migrant parents. With the restless and very misguided energy of youth, Alex served as a Councillor, Deputy Mayor of Liverpool Council and Chairman of Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils between 1991 & 1999. He then undertook some aid work in Tajikistan before anyone knew where it was, and followed that with a stint in the Office of Mark Latham as a Senior Adviser over 2003/04. Despite serious misgivings about why on earth he should do so – other than his mum telling him to always pick and stick - he retains his interest in the ALP. His real loves remain his family, Spanish football full stop, Real Madrid Football Club especially and the perfect paella. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-school-lifts-the-lid-on-state-school-funding-mess/ It would be funny if it wasn’t so predictable. The original opponents of My School - the Greens, State teachers unions, public education spruikers and the like - who at first campaigned against publishing schools performance data claiming it would lead to the stigmatisation of selected schools, have now done a complete reversal. Now, their line is that My School confirms what they have said all along - that private schools are overfunded, and that federal funding of independent schools is grossly unfair. From being condemned at first, My School has morphed into a Trojan Horse for tired old positions on independent school privilege and State school disadvantage. Typically though, what the State education spruikers conveniently ignore is that My School offers as many insights about the fairness of public funding of State owned schools as it does about the traditional public versus private debate. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Alex Sanchez) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-school-lifts-the-lid-on-state-school-funding-mess/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-school-lifts-the-lid-on-state-school-funding-mess/#item5368 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:50:28 +0000 Alex Sanchez | Author bios | The Punch