The Long View
It’s easy to be cynical about an initiative like the 2020 Summit. In 1983, people…More
Browsing: Education
Time for an Audit
Recent revelations about a NSW Christian school defrauding both the State and Commonwealth Governments won’t…More
Smarter Teachers Not the Answer
Labor star recruit Maxine McKew, who dethroned former Prime Minister John Howard in Bennelong last…More
Tax Deductions and Other Seductions
As we stagger into the last day of the election campaign the protagonists on either…More
Your Child's Rights at School
Bomber Beazley made a very good point when he declared in his parliamentary farewell speech…More
Rethinking Pay for Performance
Image thanks to Fiona Katauskas Ten years ago, the front page of a Sydney tabloid…More
Children of the Enlightenment
The Western world is considered by many observers as being in a catastrophic state of…More
As Full as a Catholic School
In the boom years after World War II, when we were making lots of babies,…More
Joining the Dots
My son Nick is in his second year of a nursing degree and as a…More
Hookey or Hockey?
At high school, the game I excelled at on sports days was hookey. It was…More