As we all know, telling the unadorned truth is not in the ABC’s DNA. Naturally, then, they can’t bring themselves to come straight out and say, “Young women are still taking useless degrees.” Instead, Australia’s [taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda network] national broadcaster has to dress it all up
alwynpoole.substack.com As a leader of schools I have never made public stands on sexuality. The clear reason for that is that all good teachers lead/teach without fear or favour and must care for every child and family as they come to us. We have always had many
Wendy McElroy mises.org Wendy McElroy is a Canadian individualist anarchist and individualist feminist. She was a cofounder along with Carl Watner and George H Smith of The Voluntaryist magazine in 1982. College campuses have long been battlegrounds between due process for those accused of sexual misconduct (innocent until proven
When Neel Kolhatkar created his classic “Modern Educayshun” sketch, he forgot one very important thing: satire is redundant in Clown World. No matter how ludicrous the comedic lunacy Kolhatkar might dream up, there’s always a genuine academic who’s ready to go him one better – for real. Kolhatkar jokes
If you were to believe the gender groomers, the idea that predatory men will use “trans” as an excuse to creep into women’s and girls’ spaces is a “right wing nut job” conspiracy. But then, if you were to believe the gender groomers, you’d think that women can
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there
fee.org The state-run school system as it stands is a one-size-fits-all monstrosity which crowds out private alternatives and spreads socialistic and anti-Christian propaganda. It’s time to think bigger than Friedman’s school vouchers: it’s time to separate school from state. Crowding Out If there is any stigma
Even more disruption is planned for school students this term, with PPTA members undertaking rolling strikes to put pressure on the government. With increased truancy rates and sinking standards of literacy and numeracy, our education sector is in a real mess. PPTA has announced from Monday, members in secondary and
Helen Houghton Co-leader New Conservative The Ministry of Education needs to explain why they are deceiving parents. Parents have not had input into the appalling new sexuality guidelines that the MOE published in 2020, which have several alarming elements around privacy and parents’ rights. This is a stark contrast with
Is there anything more unintentionally hilarious than a credentialled idiot wailing at a laughing, mocking room, “I have a PhD!”? As I often say, any fool can get a PhD, and many often do. Of course, a PhD used to be a signifier of serious intellectual commitment. Nowadays, it most
Republished from lens.monash.edu. A major international report says the “disciplinary climate” in Australian schools is among the “least favourable” in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). On Tuesday, the OECD released a profile on education in Australia. Its findings follow headlines about student behaviour and a
Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants (alwyn.poole@gmail.com) innovativeeducation.co.nz linkedin.com/in/alwyn-poole Our State schooling system, with some exceptions where there is a strong and academically focused leader, is in deep trouble. Indicators are: * Less than 50% of students fully attending. * Clear indicators of poor outcomes
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four … And if the party says that it is not four but five—then how many? George Orwell, “1984” Of all fields, those of us unburdened by a modern university education might be tempted to think that mathematics is
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there
The “coddling of the American mind” (indeed, the entire Western mind) and the progressive (in every sense of the word) dumbing down of the academy is not without consequences. Not just the rise in violent authoritarianism and constant attacks from ignorant children who’ve been told all their lives that
