| philipoc latest letters to the editor | by Philip O'Carroll. last updated: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
| MacDonald's Maths (click to view letter) | ||
| Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009 | ||
| Letter Brief:
THE UNEDITED VERSION Dear AGE, I read your article about MacDonald's free maths online program (Wednesday, October 21). I shake my head in disbelief to hear the criticism ... (more) |
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| Phony Maths (click to view letter) | ||
| Date: Monday, September 14, 2009 | ||
| Letter Brief: I SUPPORT the push for better standards of literacy and numeracy in Australia. So I must comment on the report that one in 10 students is below basic standards (''Students don't make the grade'', The ... (more) | ||
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| provider capture (click to view letter) | ||
| Date: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 | ||
| Letter Brief:
[Use INTERNET EXPLORER to see all letters] It’s pretty amazing that in a democratic country, NSW can make a law banning the publication of the performance data of schools that operate on t ... (more) |
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| League Tables (click to view letter) | ||
| Date: Friday, May 29, 2009 | ||
| Letter Brief: Chris Bonor (AGE, 29 May) rages against “league tables” for schools, but provides no answer for the neglected rump of able low-income children. In several suburbs, no child ever gets schooling adequa ... (more) | ||
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| national curriculum (click to view letter) | ||
| Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009 | ||
| Letter Brief: I totally support the position of Tom Alegounarias, president of the NSW Board of Studies, who wants explicit school syllabuses “setting out mandatory knowledge in a systematic course of study” (Austr ... (more) | ||
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| Merit Promotion (click to view letter) | ||
| Date: Friday, May 22, 2009 | ||
| Letter Brief: The Brumby government is to be praised for aiming to raise performance incentives in schooling. The standard of schooling in some suburbs denies those children any chance of opportunity through educa ... (more) | ||
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| Don't Say I Didn't Warn You (click to view letter) | ||
| Date: Monday, February 09, 2009 | ||
| Letter Brief:
{SORRY TO MOZILLA FIREFOX USERS, to see all letters, you need to use Internet Explorer - we will try to fix} I support Education Minister Gillard in her quest to promote the best t ... (more) |
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| Domestic Violence (click to view letter) | ||
| Date: Monday, November 24, 2008 | ||
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[SORRY TO MOZILLA FIREFOX USERS, to see all letters, you need to use Internet Explorer - we will try to fix.] I was inspired to hear members of parliament, on the eve of White Ribbon Day (25 Nov ... (more) |
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| Intelligent Natural Law (click to view letter) | ||
| Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008 | ||
| Letter Brief: I support the Catholic doctrine of Natural Law as the rational basis for morality. But for this kind of ethics to produce humane guidance, an earnest effort must be made to look objectively at the wo ... (more) | ||
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| Crushing Diversity (click to view letter) | ||
| Date: Friday, November 07, 2008 | ||
| Letter Brief:
{SORRY TO MOZILLA FIREFOX USERS, to see all letters, you need to use Internet Explorer - we will try to fix} Please print this correction of an article in yesterday's age (Schools baulk at funds ... (more) |
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Editors are invited to publish any of these. (But please do not edit out the sense.)
