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educational reform
Put professional judgement of teachers first or we’ll never get the systemic education improvements we all want. Let’s talk about it
In this blog I’d like to bring together three different lines of educational analysis to show how our …
Critical educational reforms and dirty toilets: being honest about blockages and contradictions
Large numbers of educators, community activists, and social movements are rightly deeply involved in the struggles for a …
Are think tanks having too much influence on Australian schooling policies?
The past decade has seen think tanks operate in sophisticated ways to influence the development of Australian schooling …
Why condemning international tests is a distraction, and what we really should be worried about
Governments all around the world seem to be influenced by the international rankings of students by the Organisation …
Education in Australia needs to change direction NOW, before it’s too late
We believe the next five years are vital to the future of education in Australia. As we see …
The ‘right’ to government subsidised choice of schools is another wasteful snout-in-the-trough entitlement
Parents who choose a private school for their child have a ‘right’ to expect governments to help with the costs because they are taxpayers; so the argument goes in Australia. Certainly chief executive of Independent Schools Victoria, Michelle Green, makes such an argument. But where does this so-called ‘right’ come from? Neither Michelle Green nor …
How the budget fails public education and what could be done to fix it
Once more we have a government short-changing public education. Make no mistake about it, despite promising a ‘unity …
What good school leaders do: getting it right takes time
The role of the principal today is challenging and complex. Schools face constant change, not only in curricula …