Posted by Unknown | 4:59 AM

I had a scary experience recently at a park in the inner-west of Sydney while I was out with one of my daughters, her husband and two of the...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:07 AM

Global trends in education policy I’ve recently returned from a trip to Europe where I had the chance to read British newspapers most days. ...

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Posted by Unknown | 1:00 PM

I've written a number of times about creativity and divergent thinking and how easy it is to stifle both (for example here ). I've a...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:00 AM

The recent debate about the ' My Schoo l ' website in Australia has reminded me that it is far too easy to narrowly define education...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:45 PM

Declaring my conflicts of interest I had hoped to avoid commenting on the ' My School ' website released in Australia on Friday, bec...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:30 AM

Standardised testing is a hot topic amongst teachers. Why? Because teachers know that tests only offer one measure of ability and progress...

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