Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Moving from frustration to disgust, in reply to Russell Brown,
The real problem there is that the school is actively penalised, via the special education funding structure, for its achievement.
Yet no government has fixed that unfair bulk funding system. Why not?
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Hard News: Moving from frustration to disgust, in reply to Yamis,
yet there's this idea that things are broken
Which did not happen by itself. Journalists could ask more about that.
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Story about body image in 'Girls' tv show.
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Hard News: Women and their representations, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Perhaps I'm missing something
No, it was utter crud. Created by its star, it seems.
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Hard News: Women and their representations, in reply to Lilith __,
.. then take that further by approaching those still alive about making themselves available for expert panels for TV shows/conferences and suchlike (as discussed).
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Hard News: Moving from frustration to disgust, in reply to Russell Brown,
It's the logical endpoint if they're looking for a way to allocate scarce education resources in favour of the well-off. Charter schools may 'help' with that as well.
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Hard News: Moving from frustration to disgust, in reply to Tim Michie,
Am I wrong in recalling that those schools with the best results receive better funding?
Not yet. Would be ideologically consistent though - reward those you've defined as 'successes'.
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Hard News: Moving from frustration to disgust, in reply to Kerry Tankard,
made me wonder who had to retire/die
I've had that thought in other areas. Great post, thank you.
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Hard News: Moving from frustration to disgust, in reply to bob daktari,
a well timed brain fart to divert attention from the surplus being pushed back
True. Pretty embarrassing, that one, given their lack of any other grand target.
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Hard News: Moving from frustration to disgust, in reply to Carol Stewart,
he seems more worried about what parents think than about having a constructive relationship with the education sector
Govt is cynically trying to re-establish a wedge between parents and professionals.