Posted in values on Jul 10th, 2006 Comments Off
An interesting Melbourne study confirming today in Education Age that schools shape the lives of the students they teach, and that values of schools trickle down to attitudes in students.
Besides the findings about values, the survey also recorded responses from students about what concerned them about school; the results were not surprising: students want good [...]
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Posted in parents and schools on Jul 10th, 2006 Comments Off
Calls by principals for a parent ‘charter’ to bolt on parent support for learning in schools. Symbolic value, perhaps. Unenforceable yes?
PARENTS would have to sign contracts promising to ensure their children complete their homework under a radical proposal for Victorian government schools.Under the proposed “charter” for parents, they would also promise to respect the opinions [...]
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