by GABRIËL MOENS – THE perennial discussion about the reading ability of Australia’s primary and high school children reached yet another milestone with the publication of a report by the Grattan Institute. The report, The Reading Guarantee: How to give every child…
by SEAN BURKE – AUSTRALIAN organisations who have endlessly lectured fairness and equality have been revealed as being among the most entrenched anti-Israel hate groups. Black Peoples Union, Mums for Palestine and Teachers & School Staff for Palestine are among 30 Australian…
by GRAHAM YOUNG – ONE step forward and two steps back is the best summary of Australia’s results in the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The step forward was that we actually moved forward one place in the world—from 11th…
by KEVIN DONNELLY – AUSTRALIA’S dismal 2022 international education comparison proves, once again, how substandard our schooling system has become. Despite additional billions invested and countless government inquiries and reviews over the past 30 years, the latest Programme for International Student Assessment…
by GABRIËL MOENS – QUEENSLAND University of Technology has recently removed the word “merit” from its hiring process. In a radio interview, the University’s Vice-Chancellor Margaret Sheil, communicated her concern that the university’s hiring strategy could be biased. Waging war against excellence…
by GABRIËL MOENS & JOHN McROBERT – CLIMATE activists, teachers and retired academics are encouraging young Australians to ditch their education to protest against so-called climate inaction. Australian high school students walked out of classrooms last Friday after School Strike 4 Climate…
by PAUL COLLITS – IT IS clear the radical elite class that now rules over the rest of us are formidable chess players. Great chess players think five moves ahead, or more. We often hear of the long march through the institutions,…
by DAVID FLINT – JUST from his understanding of the issues that concern the rank and file and particularly from the common-sense solutions he offers, Mark Latham should be a serious contender to head the next NSW government. But in NSW, as…
by NINA NGUYEN – A FAMOUS British headmistress known for her rigorous enforcement of school rules has said “progressive” teaching is failing students. Katharine Birbalsingh, who has been called “Britain’s meanest headmistress,” said in a speech at the Centre for Independent Studies…
by KEVIN DONNELLY – NSW Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes, while reflecting on the Morrison Government’s defeat in May, has warned that too many young voters had been influenced by “an education system run by Marxists”. There’s no doubt the popularity of The…
