New York Parents Condemn Klein’s Education Policies

Posted on Tuesday November 18, 2008

Three letters by New York parents on the education policies implemented in the New York City public education system under Schools Chancellor, Joel Klein present an entirely different perspective on these policies than that heralded by the Federal Education Minister, Julia Gillard.< >> Read on...

No, Julia! New York is Not Working

Posted on Sunday November 16, 2008

Claims by Julia Gillard that reforms by New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein are “working” and have produced “remarkable outcomes” are refuted by test results in reading and mathematics. National tests show that average student achievement in New York City schools has stagnated while state tests show a mixture of increases and declines, with no consistent pattern of improvement. < >> Read on...

Models of Like School Comparisons

Posted on Sunday November 9, 2008

This is the first in a series about like school comparisons. It provides a description of the systems in place in New York and in Australia. >> Read on...

Does Money Matter for Schools?

Posted on Tuesday November 4, 2008

A new study from the London School of Economics which concludes that increasing expenditure on schools can raise student results, especially for disadvantaged students. < >> Read on...

Testimony From New York on Klein’s School Reforms

Posted on Thursday October 9, 2008

A New York public school parent is amazed and appalled that people are so snowed by the Klein reforms endorsed by Deputy Prime Minister Gillard. >> Read on...

Gillard Should Repudiate Klein’s Skulduggery

Posted on Wednesday October 8, 2008

Julia Gillard has invited New York Schools Chancellor, Joel Klein, to counter widespread criticism of the Rudd Government’s policy on reporting individual school performance. She should know that Klein is widely derided by educationalists, teachers and parents in New York. >> Read on...

National Goals Should Prohibit League Tables

Posted on Saturday September 27, 2008

Save Our Schools has called for the Draft National Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians to prohibit the introduction of school league tables. >> Read on...

School Accountability Discredited in New York

Posted on Thursday September 25, 2008

Conservative educationalist, Diane Ravitch, is at it again – highlighting the failures of the New York City school accountability model which Julia Gillard wants to emulate in Australia. >> Read on...

Gillard’s School Reporting Model is a Triumph of Ideology over Evidence

Posted on Sunday August 31, 2008

The Rudd Government’s “education revolution” is looking more and more like an extension of the Howard Government’s school policies. >> Read on...

The Case Against League Tables

Posted on Saturday August 30, 2008

The case against reporting individual school results and league tables of school results was presented in a report by the ACT Government Schools Education Council in 2004 in response to the proposals of the then Commonwealth Education Minister, Dr. Brendan Nelson. >> Read on...

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