Catholic education system


A lawyer joins a Liberal at the Catholic Education Office

Stephen Elder’s appointment as Acting Director of the Melbourne Catholic Education Office alarmed many principals, teachers and CEO administrators writes Eric Hodgens.

Stuff we like: superbugs and organic farming in India

Attention, not money, is the new currency. “Attention,” write Thomas Mandel and Gerard Van der Leun in their 1996 book Rules of the Net, “is the hard currency of cyberspace.” They’re dead on. As the Net becomes an increasingly strong presence in the overall economy, the flow of attention will not only anticipate the flow of […]

Education policy and a school of hard knocks

The flak has been flying over education policy with both sides of politics ducking out of the way – and we haven’t even heard Kevin Rudd’s policy speech commitments, writes Christian Kerr.