That’s Not A Plan, It’s A Wishlist
Memo to Julia Gillard: an eight-year timeline is not a reform. It’s not even a…More
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It Will Take A Miracle To Get The Gonski Reforms
While "giving a Gonski" has proven somewhat popular, it seems that actually "getting Gonski" might…More
The Best Teachers Care
There are few phrases I hate more than the now ubiquitous "quality teachers". As a…More
Gonski Takes Labor Back To Schools
What will the Gillard government be remembered for? The carbon tax? The mining tax? The…More
Pyne Picks The Easy Target On Schools
According to the shadow minister for education, Christopher Pyne, something remarkable is going on in…More
Disadvantage Starts Early
The Senate recently passed a motion calling the Federal Government to have the Productivity Commission…More
Our Corporate Universities
A week and a half ago the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) introduced a…More
What's Not To Like About School Autonomy?
The O’Farrell Government’s proposal to turn the management of public education on its head, giving…More
Gonski's In. It's Time To Act
I’m reliably informed that whenever you talk to Labor politicians about school funding they start…More
Gonski Can Help Us Change Direction
Forty years ago, if Gough Whitlam had decided not to sacrifice Australia’s education system for…More