While we hold these truths to be self evident: that school attendance is good; the latest government think-tank idea, withdrawing welfare payments from families who don’t make their kids attend school doesn’t hold up.
Attending doesn’t mean there’s any learning going on
Linking school to hunger isn’t good
What will schools and teachers do with students who have [...]
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So, what’s wrong with league tables, except that Essendon has flattened out to 12th with two games to go? Nothing, if you want a simple and clear list from top to bottom with a whole lot of data attached. Plenty, if the idea is to simplify and simply rank what is much more complex than [...]
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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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