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A monthly blog exploring the ideological nature of education.

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  1. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    More mandates are not the answer to stagnating results. (opens the original)

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    The frequent ceremonies of useless testing — preparation, administration, recovery — convert forced schooling into a travesty of what education should be; they drain hundreds of millions of days yearly from what might otherwise be productive pursuits - John Taylor Gatto<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1597092451116-27787c07901d?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw2MXx8cGFwZXJ3b3JrfGVufDB8fHx8MTc4ODE0ODYzMHww&

  2. Issue · Aug 16, 2026

    Digital education reform as a "conscience bin". (opens the original)

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    One reason for common disappointment in education reforms is failure to listen to education experts in designing and implementing these reforms. Politicians need to trust teachers and their collective professional wisdom more in determining how to improve teaching and learning in schools - Pasi Sahlgberg<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1748939237634-e5071639cd39?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw5OXx8YnJva2

  3. Issue · Jul 23, 2026

    NAPLAN is an ideological tool. (opens the original)

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    We assume that the statistics tell us more than what they possibly can. - Greg ThompsonWhen searching through my emails the other day I accidently happened upon a brief conversation I had with Tom van der Linden from the Netherlands in 2023, where I thanked him for his powerful explorations of the philosophical themes in some of the films that have made the greatest transformational impact for me. Guided by this thread of chance, I ventured to YouTube to watch some of his more recent film explor

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