Archive for February 20th, 2012
Gonski: where’s the money for schools coming from?
Posted by John, February 20th, 2012 - under Uncategorised.
Tags: Education
Comments: 10
The Finnish education system values equality above all else. Maybe there are lessons from Finland for Australia and the neoliberals who are currently destroying education in this country. Perhaps a commitment not just to a little bit extra but a lot more to fund public schools, pay teachers well and emphasise cooperation and equality might be the way to go.
And pigs might fly. Well I suppose they do, don’t they, when the rich pay for their kids’ expensive private education?
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Speak out for Khader Adnan, Palestinian hunger striker near death
Posted by John, February 20th, 2012 - under Israel, Khader Adnan, Palestine.
Tags: Administrative detention
Comments: 3
PALESTINIAN POLITICAL prisoner Khader Adnan has been on a hunger strike for more than 60 days to protest his imprisonment in an Israeli jail without charges or trial, sparking a wave of international solidarity to save his life and put pressure on Israel’s “administrative detention” policy.