Illegal: SMH breaks school league table banThe Sydney Morning Herald says it’s breaching NSW state law today and risking a $55,000 fine by publishing this article comparing the test results of three Sydney high schools, challenging what it says is an “absurd” ban on giving parents information about the schools childrens’ schools. Subversive or sensationalism?
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Unskilled and over-educated: a plan for worse outcomes
Forcing students who gain no benefit from additional formal education through extra years of schooling or training is pointless, writes Jeremy Sammut.
Lowbottom High Diaries: The end school year is an uphill race
Rather naughtily, Alfred Jarry once likened the Passion of Christ to an uphill bicycle race. The apostles presumably formed the peloton. The last gruelling weeks of the school year cry out for a like metaphor, writes Trevor Diogenes.
Tips and rumours
The Howard Government’s media methods are under fire … again! Last week Sydney Morning Herald Education Editor Anna Patty was covering the first Higher School Certificate exam when she discovered the Industrial Technology paper contained a question inviting discussion on “the impact of government legislation on employees”. When a student told her that he found […]
