With just a few weeks before Victorian schools start their end of term holiday, or ‘vacation’, there’s a timely question we need to ask: Are schools providing maximum value? More than 2,260 schools, some of them with state-of-the-art facilities and…
Category: Current Affairs
The Green Thing
Source Unknown Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the environment. The woman apologized to the young girl…
I am, you are, we are…?
Like him or not, President Trump has not wavered from his commitment: America First. His determination to build a wall to keep illegal aliens out was scorned by many. Today, COVID-19 has people around the world living behind designated walls –…
A World Of Learning
2019 seemed like any other year. Then 2020 arrived. When school closures began, students in the northern hemisphere were midway through their academic year. For students in the southern hemisphere the academic year was just beginning. Almost all students across…
Lockdown and the New Normal
Three steps forward, two steps back. Do not be fooled by the easing of restrictions. What is needed right now is vigilance. To notice the language is to take three steps forward. Not understanding its message is the first step…
The Gift Of Confusion
Let’s make this very clear. COVID-19 has delivered confusion – and it’s a gift to the nation. Confused? The confusion over school closures and student attendance is exposing decades of blatant disregard for our children and their education. And Australia…
Choreography: One Rational Step At A Time
In every situation in which we find ourselves, perspective can be a friend or an enemy. Covid-19 is fast-tracking our connection with an unfamiliar way of life. It’s also delivering renewed faith in strategic leadership. Never before has the world…
No More Teachers, No More Schools?
Covid-19. School closures. Lockdown. No-one is immune from trying to navigate these unprecedented events. What’s the future of learning? We must remember that putting solutions in place, as a matter of urgency, can easily create further problems in the future.…
Bedding Down Savvy Thinking
Every morning in Melbourne, between 5.00 and 7.00am, Bourke Street and Little Collins Street are powerful places of learning. No fewer than 25 sleepers can be found on cold slabs of concrete and in doorways. Some lie on cardboard, some…
Pride Month: Hot Dog!
Two questions for you: Question 1: Sperm from your (male) father and an egg from your (female) mother are the reason for your being. Do you believe in the miracle of biology? Question 2: If your biological parents shared a…