The big obsession: which school?
No time to comment on this one, but worth going back to for more thoughts. > This clipping is from the February 18 issue of The Sydney Morning Herald Digital Edition. To subscribe for...
Daily Archive: February 18, 2012
Is there ever a good divorce?
Sometimes you can’t choose – just like the kids! > This clipping is from the February 18 issue of The Sydney Morning Herald Digital Edition. To subscribe for $4.50 a week, visit http://smh.com.au/digitaledition. >...
The Sydney Morning Herald Digital Edition: Labor likely to dither on education proposals
Why are we not surprised? Any decline in the funding for the non–Gov sector will be poison in key electorates if it hits either of two key groups: the Catholic parents and “Howard’s Aspirationals”....
Refugees and the Telegraph’s “freebies”
Yesterday, I dropped Paula at school soon after 7 am and, while I waited for Bethlehem’s Opening Mass and her installation/coronation/assumption, wandered down to Ashfield to grab a latte (large, skim, of course). Waiting...
Education Week: Why Science Doesn’t Support Single-Sex Classes
How superb! Lovely rebuttal of the single-sexers. Actually, I’ve enjoyed teaching in single-sex schools, but we should be honest about our motives. Gendering promotes Rugby and nice little girls; it soothes the fears of...