NEW AND INTERESTING

• 'Religious schools undermine cohesion' The Age July 10 reports on Andrew Jakubowicz' paper.
• July 10: yet another UK report pointing to racial segregation in schooling. Ed Guardian July 10.
• When is a public education system not secular? When it is Queensland. Read Hugh Wilson, Online Opinion July 9.
• 'Missed opportunities and mad ideas' The Ed Guardian July 7. Does all this sound familiar?
• July 7: more on the NSW Libs/Nats and league tables. The Oz and the SMH. The Age (July 9) reports on misgivings from Barry McGaw.
• Is the secular experiment in education over? Hugh Wilson writes.
• In Defence of Non-Government Schools - this is the opening shot from Jennifer Buckingham and the CIS for the (eventually) forthcoming review of school funding. It certainly is a defensive document - more later.
• July 2. Trevor Cobbold shows how the states backflipped on league tables.
• June 29-30: More interesting pieces on league tables from Jennifer Buckingham and John Kaye....AND, even more interesting, a survey by the Parents' Council that shows that parents are not interested in comparing schools. A similar survey by the AEU earlier this year showed the same thing.
• The Education Guardian (June 29) reports on how England is retreating from rigorous curriculum, testing and .... league tables.
• June 26: A minor storm in NSW over the Legislative Council's rejection of the government's back-pedal on league tables. Coverage in the SMH, along with cries of 'foul' in the editorial... and additional nonsense in The Oz June 29.
• League tables for doctors? Why not, I say: Online Opinion June 24
• June 25: More problems in private school funding...and more of the same. The federal Auditor-General's findings are reported in The Age and the SMH June 25,
• Out of the mouths of babes .... Read the thoughts of the opposing students in the IQ2 debate on private school funding: SMH June 24 and June 25. Guess which is the best? Watch the debate on the SMH website.
• The Age (June 24) reports on school closures in Victoria.

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