Jennifer Lang (Page 52)

There was an opinion piece on private education in the SMH in Spectrum on the weekend, which I can’t find online. Unfortunately, I’ve thrown out the paper, too, so you’ll just have to cope with my rantings informed by unreliable memory. The author starts by saying that private education inContinue Reading

There’s been a bit of a storm recently about how boys are falling behind at school. So, being the mathematical type, I went on a search for some statistics about how girls are doing at maths these days. After all, if boys are falling behind, girls must be doing betterContinue Reading

The SMH a couple of days ago had a story about Australian Business Limited‘s suggestion of how the NSW state government should cut spending, improve efficiency and cut business taxes. OK so far, so good. I tend to agree that the NSW state government hasn’t exactly spent its money wiselyContinue Reading

Our local issue is Graythwaite – a six acre estate in the middle of North Sydney currently used as a nursing home. There is a local campaign going on – posters everywhere, and stalls at all of the local markets. My four year old has been asking what it’s allContinue Reading

There has been a huge amount of publicity of increasing proportions of children being overweight and obese. The studies often add that obesity is much more common in poorer children, for a variety of reasons (including access to exercise as well as healthy food). So I’ve been assuming that whereContinue Reading