Larger text size Very large text size The idea was that our three kids would just walk down the hill to the local high school. Gorgeous setting, 12 minutes walk from their bedrooms. Coming home would be a different story, all uphill, but hell, kids can meander all they like after a day at school. When my eldest was in kindergarten, that was the plan. She would lead her siblings to Glebe High. We ignored the whispers in the playground about our local school.
Parents are expected to be wise and thoughtful, be well-informed and discerning about an education system which is complex, where the best information is not really about NAPLAN or HSC results but about something less concrete. It is not possible to know where your child will be happy and maybe we also need to understand that happiness, while lovely, is not the only thing.
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A new beginning: let's fund two years of early learning for all kidsAustralia is one of only a few advanced nations not to pay for early learning for three-year-olds. It's time to catch up. Yes but which kids will get it and which centres get it? I believe PeterDutton_MP has vested interests in child care centres, who else? auspol Early learning should be the parents responsibility not governments. Due to reliance on schools is why western kids are lagging behind Asian countries in every possible measures. 🤔not because it’s another handout you can bribe or scare folks with...
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Cash-strapped students avoid subjects to save costsResearch shows the average cost of sending a child to a state school in Melbourne ranges from $408 a year at the poorest schools to $1430 at the most-advantaged. Just have one child - worked for me. I don’t think you ever want to see a child missing out on opportunities due to something like this, but sorry in this case the parents need to do better. This is not a lot of money at all, and if you can’t afford that then maybe you are the problem, not the system. Is there a student who isn’t cash strapped.
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Why school shopping is killing off the local high schoolMore than one in four public secondary students have bypassed their local high school, new figures reveal A big issue is the school's league table you keep producing each year. It's about choice and parents making the right choice for their family - that can only be a good thing. Government's rarely know what's best. smhschools unfortunately the ‘Education Reform Act’ originated from the UK around 1996, Education to the free market has destroyed it. Which created competition, standardisation and testing etc.
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