Australians Don’t Want Critical Race Theory in Classrooms
Most Australians do not support the presence of Identity Politics in classrooms, a poll reveals, as concerns grow the newly proposed national curriculum will inject critical race theory into schools.
The Critical Race Theory Poll (pdf), commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), asked 1121 Australians four questions and found 82 percent disagree with the statement that students should be forced to apologise for their skin colour.
Around 86 percent also disagree that schools should make boys feel ashamed of being male, and 69 percent do not think schools should be teaching children that Australia is a racist country.
National curriculum reignites history debates
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Kevin DonnellySenior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University
May 18, 2021 â 5.30am
May 18, 2021 â 5.30am
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The release of the revised national history curriculum has reignited the perennial debate about what students should be taught about the nationâs history and what constitutes the proper balance between what Geoffrey Blainey describes as a âblack armbandâ and a âthree cheers viewâ.
Those defending the revised curriculumâs heavy focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, history and spirituality argue the âthree cheers viewâ has long dominated and that it is now time to redress the imbalance.
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A Mackay school has topped the list for the rate of growing enrolment numbers across the wider Mackay Isaac Whitsunday region.
Farleigh State School had a 260 per cent increase in student numbers over the five years from 2016 to 2021, data from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority has shown.
Its total pupils soared from just 20 to 72. Dundula State School students laying a wreath at the Mackay Anzac Day Main Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
The next fastest growing schools were St Lawrence State School which more than doubled its students from five to 12 and Dundula State School which went from 41 pupils to 88.