Today Christopher Pyne appointed two of his chosen men to review our national curriculum, Kevin Donnelly and Ken Wiltshire. I expect it will be a shambles. We certainly don’t need to wait until May to know what this review-by-two will come up with. Kevin Donnelly is well known in education circles. He has attacked just … More Pyne’s Review of National Curriculum will be a shambles
It is difficult to believe anything Christopher Pyne and Tony Abbott say about education. Almost every day they contradict themselves and each other. Today just minutes before they were to face a barrage from Bill Shorten in Question Time they did their latest back flip. Now we are supposed to believe they will implement Labor’s … More Another backflip from Abbott and Pyne
I don’t think the Coalition federal government has a clue what is going on in NSW public schooling. This state is well down the track to devolving power to local schools and principals. Teachers and principals in NSW public schools do not need any lessons from Canberra. Not that NSW teachers and principals are universally … More The Coalition’s plans for NSW public schools are insulting to teachers
Maralyn Parker 