The NAPLAN test – Australia’s National Assessment Program for Literacy And Numeracy – is just weeks away. And with it will come the usual media coverage of the arguments against its value. We can expect the usual issues to be…
Category: Parenting
Commitment to Capability
It’s not uncommon for parents to place a high level of trust in teachers. It makes sense to assume that teachers, as professionals whose purpose it is to work with children, possess immense knowledge, wisdom and integrity. However, the teaching…
Literacy, Technology and the 21st Century
My grandfather – or Gramps as we loved to call him – lived to the age of 97. He went to his grave feeling that he had failed, that he wasn’t literate, and that he hadn’t kept up with change.…
The ‘Some’ Of Us
It’s not uncommon for parents to place a high level of trust in teachers. It makes sense to assume that, as professionals whose purpose it is to work with children, all teachers possess immense knowledge, wisdom and integrity. It’s not…
Safe Schools : Speak Out For Your Child
All parents have this experience in common. It’s what I call ‘the sandpit moment’. You’ll recognise it. Your child is playing alongside another. Someone throws sand, and both children begin to cry. Your immediate reaction is to protect your child.…
Parents treated like rubbish
Parents of children who attend Victorian public schools are being treated as worthless. The State Labor Government has introduced laws giving schools the power to silence parents and remove their rights. Concerns over the Safe Schools and Doctors in Schools…