Celebrations to welcome a New Year filled with promise, possibility, optimism and change are just hours away. For Australians, the celebrations have even greater significance. The first day of January is the anniversary of the greatest document ever negotiated in…
The term ‘work-life balance’ has been around for decades. A genuine regard for a work-school-family-life balance, however, simply doesn’t exist. With regard to students, families, and teachers, there’s a definite imbalance – before, during and after the school day. Let’s…
At 16, I took on my fifth part-time job – at McDonalds. It was about gaining new skills and social experience, and having increased personal responsibility and an introduction to corporate culture. I could showcase my existing skills, gained from…
Are you handing over to State governments, via schools, the right to raise your children? The social and political ‘creep and seep into schools’ has reached crisis point. What was once a subtle process that rarely raised alarm is now…