In praise of credentialism
TJ Ryan Foundation Board member, John Quiggin, writes in Inside Story (27.2.17) about how critics of extended formal education misunderstand the demands of the modern workplace.
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TJ Ryan Foundation Board member, John Quiggin, writes in Inside Story (27.2.17) about how critics of extended formal education misunderstand the demands of the modern workplace.
The ABC’s Natasha Robinson reports (1.3.17) on the Australian Education Union’s campaign to highlight federal government inaction on delivering school funding and resources in line with the
Below you can access the text of Dr Ken Boston’s keynote address to the TJRyan Foundation’s 3rd anniversary event, held at QUT’s Gardens Point campus
Jessica Gerrard writes in The Conversation (13.2.17) about how, on the evidence of government debate over school funding, public schools are spaces in which equality can be either
Elizabeth McKinley writes in The Conversation (9.2.17) about how focusing on the “opportunity to learn gap” confronting Indigenous school communities removes the emphasis from locating “the
Trevor Cobbold comments on the schools funding debate in Pearls and Irritations (6.2.17): ‘An unholy alliance between Tanya Plibersek and Tony Abbott on overfunding of private
Geoff Masters writes in The Conversation (7.2.17) about how our current way of assessing school students doesn’t let them see the progress they are making over extended
Policy Online carries a link (1.2.17) to a National Centre for Vocational Education Research report which outlines the views presented at a symposium, held in August 2016, concerning
Claire Shaw and others write in The Conversation (3.2.17) about how academics worldwide are calling for the US president to reconsider the executive order on immigration, which
Tom Greenwell writes in Inside Story (1.2.17) about how schools in Australia and New Zealand set off in opposite directions in the 1970s in terms of
Catherine Wormald writes in The Conversation (25.1.17) about the risks of failing to provide an appropriate education for school students identified as ‘gifted’. ‘Despite two Senate
See the flyer below for details of the TJRyan Foundation’s third anniversary event being held at QUT’s Gardens Point campus on Tuesday, 14 February 2017. The
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