Education
Australia you are not a good friend
Martyn Awayang Namorong I'M on my first visit to Australia right now - and what an introduction to your country. A two-week run of four major cities where I'm meeting politicians, journalists and ordinary Australians.
Society the loser in education gap
Adele Horin The MySchool website was bitterly opposed by teacher unions, some parent organisations, and educationalists afraid it would lead to the creation of school leagues tables and further undermine public...
Vocational education has a vital role to play in flexing young minds
Ken Boston After 10 years in England, it is good to see the progress made in the inclusion of vocational curriculum in school education in NSW.
Here's a lesson for Australia's education policymakers: failure begets failure
David Zyngier Australia should look to Finland for its national education policy.
Society faces a high price if we take the 'free' out of education
Lynne Kosky We must reject the idea of a levy on rich parents with children in state schools.
Corporate-speak sucks the life out of our education system
Rob Forbes To hold on to our humanity we need to value plain-speak.
Education opportunities abroad can begin at home
William McKeith The security of Australian international education income is threatened at both secondary and tertiary levels by a range of recent pressures and influences.
The cookie cutter approach to education doesn't make us happy
Dan Haesler How could it be that at one of the most respected universities in the world, America's top scholars need lessons in how to be happy?
Get smart while the mining boom lasts - embrace education
Ian Young Exporting the best of Australia will require us to invest in knowledge.
Education and life skills the key to combating homelessness
Tony Keenan The short-term crisis approaches currently on offer are not working.
In praise of the foot soldiers of education
Ann Rennie Whether your child goes to a well-endowed private school or a selective state secondary, a cash-strapped Catholic school or an overcrowded local high, these schools have something in common —...
Criminal reform is an education
Heckler A RECENT article in the Herald noted that in Britain it is cheaper to send a young person to Eton than juvenile detention.
Loading kids with global guilt is a mockery of education
James Schloeffel Primary school should be a time for learning facts and having fun.
When education favours division over diversity
John Pilger Public education gave John Pilger his start, but as he told Sydney Boys High School this week, success in life is more than winning prizes.
Education the key to equality
Robert Dean Quality schooling is the one essential ingredient needed for indigenous children.
Other people's children also deserve an education
Denise Ryan It shouldn't be difficult to find more money for less privileged schools.
We must say "know" to sex education
Leslie Cannold Your children have a right to sex education. This right is a component of their sexual rights, themselves a subset of the human rights guaranteed to them in international laws, human rights documents...
A higher education worth having
Nigel Hoffman Many of the students now sweating over their HSC examinations have already elected to go to university, and most have a pretty clear idea of what is in store for them there.
Education revolution fails grade
Brian Caldwell Other countries have managed successful school reforms, but Australia is not learning.
Restoring a trashed reputation in education will take a mighty effort
Adele Horin You did not need to be a Marxist to know the free market in training international students would end in tears.
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