Apparently, what respectable Australian researchers do is assume that there is a link between suspensions and incarceration because American researchers claim to have found one.

Advocates believe it works not because of its firm evidentiary basis -- it is on very shaky ground empirically -- but because it has garnered so many citations from progressive academics. As the miseducation of Australia's children not only continues but gathers pace, the solution is a return to teacher-directed instruction

Each update of the syllabus brings a greater focus on the evils of the West and the unparalleled achievements of 'indigenous scientists'. Schools bring in trainers to do workshops on indigenous mathematics, gender ideology, anti-racism and dozens of other pseudo-academic fads. Afraid of being labelled racist, transphobic or whatever, woke left conformity tightens its grip on teaching by the day

Diversity over quality is now the mantra of all the major cultural producers of the Anglosphere, and the next move is always to tighten the ratchet ever further in the direction of wokery. Far from being crusaders, the Disability Studies nomenklatura are just standing in line for their share of the social justice caviar

One seldom learns much of value in the SMH, but every now and again there's a telling insight. One such recent moment saw Yes supporters accused of 'raining down' hate, which is a real thigh-slapper of a joke given that, funnily enough, the advocates of so-called 'empathy' delight in villifying their political opponents. Empathy for the victims du jour, good. Empathy for church-going conservatives, bad

The current focus is on the Stolen Generations, cultural dispossession, oppression, harm and trauma. Many academics and media outlets seem either puzzlingly unaware of this development or convinced that this perspective needs to be embedded still more deeply. It is a belief that should ring alarm bells about indoctrination

Queen Elizabeth was not yet in her grave when the latest Q&A compere poured out his 'choking asphyxiating anger'. High on the ledger of his umbrage, his mum as a child needing to borrow her brother's socks in order to visit Dubbo and see the Queen. Such a sad diatribe has inspired a near-epic poem

Rather than pursuing the core competency of teaching a specific discipline, the modern educator is expected to serve an increasingly therapeutic role. A better idea would be to investigate if the current system is inadvertently contributing to the fragility and moral dependency of many Generation Z adolescents