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Labor’S Education Policy Buried By An Untrue Tale, Anthony Ashbolt
Labor’S Education Policy Buried By An Untrue Tale, Anthony Ashbolt
Anthony Ashbolt
There is a perplexing myth pervading journalistic commentary and even Labor party thinking. The persistence and predominance of this myth not only illustrates the power that the media wield and the ignorance they fuel but also shows how a certain mode of thought, including key terms and phrases, saturates public discussion.
Time For A Real Education Revolution, Anthony Ashbolt
Time For A Real Education Revolution, Anthony Ashbolt
Anthony Ashbolt
News that elite private school fess are becoming increasingly less affordable hardly comes as a surprise. What would be genuinely surprising is news that they had become increasingly accessible to poorer sections of the community. That, of course, is not going to happen. Elite private schools service the elite. Forget the occasional dramatic publicity about Aboriginal scholarship students. They are publicity tokens propping up the illusion that social justice informs these school's charters. Elite Catholic schools are particularly good at manufacturing images of social concern and commitment. The images disappear at the front door. Rigorous selection criteria, based now more …