Education
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 …
What’s so offensive about secularism?
Demonising secularism has become something of a sport for the religious right in the United States. Secularists are routinely painted …
Why God has no place in public schools
As I sat in my classrooms at Frenchs Forest Public, Chatswood Public and Forest High, dreaming about my future, I …
112 years on, Religious Instruction remains controversial in Queensland
The genesis – pun intended – of Religious Instruction (RI) in Queensland state schools has its roots in a 1910 …