Education
How Queensland’s state schools remain ‘mission fields’ for ‘harvesting’
“But Dad! Dad! We learned it at school!” This was how my son defended his claim that “God created the …
Why removing evolution from science class is immoral and irrational
Educators involved in curriculum design know one hard truth: you can’t fit in everything. Whatever the finished product, there will …
Why is Labor walking away from secular education?
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) looks like it’s jettisoning the long-held ideal that schools are “universal, free and secular”. A draft …
Key statements absent from policies for new student wellbeing program
Two states are so far failing to implement the new National Student Wellbeing Program (NSWP) as agreed with the Albanese …
‘Holding the line’ on Religious Instruction for the Christian Right
Queensland’s education minister Grace Grace faces a decision of either listening to her Labor colleagues and their call to remove …
Protecting Australian politics in the school curriculum
Several years ago, I was researching young social entrepreneurs, what makes them tick, and what they need to succeed. I …
Rather than ‘bowdlerising’ books, we need to help children navigate history
Although several of his best-known children’s books were first published in the 1960s, Roald Dahl is among the most popular …
The need to learn ‘critical ignoring’
The web is an informational paradise and a hellscape at the same time. A boundless wealth of high-quality information is …
An evidence-based approach for improving student outcomes
There are many ways to teach school students. But research shows only some will significantly improve learning. While most teachers …
School chaplains and the strategy of ‘saving souls’
Many parents at public schools will have little clue that their kids are being targeted as “souls to be saved” …
Religious interference in the public school system
This article is based on extracts from the new report, Teaching not preaching: Making our public schools secular. The extracts …
Give schools a real choice on secular school chaplains
New federal Education Minister Jason Clare has announced a change to the National School Chaplaincy Program to allow schools to …