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By Mark Bahnisch on May 17, 2010
The Economist speculated this week that the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition government in the UK might come to be seen as “government by the southern rich for the southern rich”. Skepticlawyer has an interesting post at her eponymous blog, riffing off [...]
Posted in Culture, Education, History, International, Politics, Sociology | Tagged British election 2010, Cambridge, comprehensive education, David Cameron, Education, elitism, Eton Winchester, France, grammar schools, Great Britain, Harold Wilson, income inequality, Labour party, New Labour, Nick Clegg, Oxford, private schools, public schools, republicanism, revolution, social class, social mobility, Sociology, status, Tony Blair, uk |
By Kim on December 6, 2008
When John Howard’s government announced funding for school chaplains in public schools, then Education Minister Julie Bishop (remember her?) claimed it was all about instilling “values” in the kiddies. Apparently, the fruits of the program have exceeded expectations: GOD has [...]
Posted in Education, Howardia, Religion | Tagged Christianity, church and state, Culture Wars, evangelicals, John Howard, Julie Bishop, public schools, Religion, school chaplains, school education, secularism, values |
By Kim on September 3, 2008
Although the AEU has been dismissed as one of the dreaded teachers’ unions by Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd, some others have actually been looking at the evidence in the evidence-free policy of the Kevin Rudd “education revolution” narrative. And [...]
Posted in Education | Tagged AEU, ALP, Chris Bonnor, education research, education revolution, evidence based policy, Jim McMorrow, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, league tables, National Press Club address, political narrative, private schools, public schools, Rudd government, school education, school funding, schooling, schools transparency, teacher bashing, teacher quality, teachers unions, transparent school information |
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