Education focus should be on facts, not on faith
Surely religious prayer groups are not entitled to active supervision by our overworked public school teachers?
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Surely religious prayer groups are not entitled to active supervision by our overworked public school teachers?
For more than 25 years I taught with pictures of famous economists above the black/whiteboard to inspire my students. They were: Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman. Guess who completed the row?
Readers were dismayed to learn that some private school principals’ pay packages top $1million, while their schools still receive government funding and don’t pay tax.
The cancellation of the US president’s visit to Australia for the newly formed Quad alliance should be seen a timely warning that our perceived strong relationship with the US is fragile.
A “smoke and mirrors” budget which proves that It doesn’t matter who you vote for, you’ll always elect a politician.