http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/students-fail-to-improve-their-thinking-study-finds/story-e6frg6nf-1225991311384
Labels: education
2. Mr. Kellmeyer on Catholic schools
http://wdtprs.com/blog/2011/01/catholic-institutions-are-failing-because-of-failing-catholic-identity/#comment-248653
http://wdtprs.com/blog/2011/01/catholic-institutions-are-failing-because-of-failing-catholic-identity/#comment-248899
Labels: Catholic schools, education
3. "Program to take on homophobia in schools"
I wonder whether, amid moves against "homophobia" and, so to speak, "Holocaust"ophobia, we could see some action against the kind of Catholicophobia which motivated the two anti-Catholic letters published, under the respective headlines of "Vatican bluster" and "Saintly hiatus", in the Herald on the same day as this story was:
[...] The Education Minister, Verity Firth, has announced a $250,000 program to tackle homophobia in schools. The program, ''Proud Schools'', will be trialled at 12 high schools in Sydney and the Hunter and on the Central Coast.
[...] The program will include teacher training and workshops with students and parents.
[...] The 12 schools to trial the program this year will be announced after consultation with school communities.
The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society is preparing a paper that will identify how schools can improve support for young gay people.
A committee comprising government and non-government agencies will monitor the program and report back to Ms Firth's office.
A spokesman for Ms Firth said while strategies to tackle homophobia were embedded in welfare programs, this was the first homophobia-specific initiative to be developed.
[http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/lifematters/program-to-take-on-homophobia-in-schools-20110120-19y3r.html?skin=text-only]
Labels: education, G.L.B.T., Proud Schools
4. (Part of) Mr. Coyne's curriculum vitæ
http://www.catholica.com.au/forum/index.php?mode=thread&id=65550
(in the paragraph which begins with the words "My own involvement")
Labels: Brian Coyne, Catholic schools, education
5. "A Lesson in "Globalism""
http://mauricepinay.blogspot.com/2011/01/lesson-in-globalism.html
Labels: globalism, multiculturalism
6. An amusing letter on areas of workplace inequality which feminists tend to overlook
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/more-equal-than-others/story-fn558imw-1225993286421
Labels: feminism, work
Reginaldvs Cantvar
Feast of St. Timothy, Bishop, Martyr, A.D. 2011
1 comment:
Regarding item 3: The N.S.W. Department of Education and Training's official press release on "Proud Schools" is available here:
https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/about-us/news-at-det/news/pilot-program-to-tackle-homophobia
The thing which I've been wondering is: How does one spend $250000--the equivalent of paying four people $62500 each for a year--on "the professional development of school staff, student and parent workshops and the development of resources to assist schools build their capacity to support same-sex and gender questioning young people" at twelve schools--equivalent to each of our $62500 p.a. workers covering four schools for the year? That seems like a lot of money for a pretty small programme.
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