http://andrewnorton.info/2007/12/should-public-schools-be-privatised-day-1/ Observations from Carlton's Lone Classical Liberal Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:32:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://andrewnorton.info/2007/12/should-public-schools-be-privatised-day-1/#comment-10752 Rough Ol’ Boy » Blog Archive » Teaching Allegiance Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:38:49 +0000 http://andrewnorton.info/blog/2007/12/02/should-public-schools-be-privatised-day-1/#comment-10752 [...] blogs.  Mostly, they’ve been posting the two money paragraphs from Andrew Norton’s initial post; I will be no exception to that rule: People are used to the idea of state schools, so they don’t [...] [...] blogs.  Mostly, they’ve been posting the two money paragraphs from Andrew Norton’s initial post; I will be no exception to that rule: People are used to the idea of state schools, so they don’t [...]

]]> http://andrewnorton.info/2007/12/should-public-schools-be-privatised-day-1/#comment-10750 Worth following … at John Barrdear Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:17:19 +0000 http://andrewnorton.info/blog/2007/12/02/should-public-schools-be-privatised-day-1/#comment-10750 [...] their blogs.  We thus-far have an initial comment from both.  The first came from Andrew Norton [A.N., A.L.]: … The government owns most schools, employs most teachers, tells them what to teach [...] [...] their blogs.  We thus-far have an initial comment from both.  The first came from Andrew Norton [A.N., A.L.]: … The government owns most schools, employs most teachers, tells them what to teach [...]

]]> http://andrewnorton.info/2007/12/should-public-schools-be-privatised-day-1/#comment-10751 Education: Private versus Public Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:59:17 +0000 http://andrewnorton.info/blog/2007/12/02/should-public-schools-be-privatised-day-1/#comment-10751 [...] Andrew Norton kicks the debate off with post in favour of privatisation that can be read here. Across the political spectrum, activists want to use public education to influence young minds. In his book Dumbing Down, Kevin Donnelly documents how left-wing academics and teachers shape curricula to fit their political agenda. In government, the Liberal Party proposed a national history curriculum, which was widely seen as another front in the so-called ‘culture wars’. [...] [...] Andrew Norton kicks the debate off with post in favour of privatisation that can be read here. Across the political spectrum, activists want to use public education to influence young minds. In his book Dumbing Down, Kevin Donnelly documents how left-wing academics and teachers shape curricula to fit their political agenda. In government, the Liberal Party proposed a national history curriculum, which was widely seen as another front in the so-called ‘culture wars’. [...]

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