July 24, 2012
I've spent the last week and a half juggling teaching, reporting two public radio stories, and planning the next episode of The Broad Experience. I hope the first story, for NPR, will air quite soon. I have yet to edit the second (for Marketplace) and don't know yet when that will air. One is about kids and math literacy and the other revolves around family businesses. Both pieces have been really fun to work on so I hope the results make for good listening. Stay tuned.
Marks,I am a teacher who works in solhcos. What disgusts me about this BER project even more than the overcharging is that it was done for economic reasosns to boost the ALP's re-election and had little to do with education. The ALP, especially in QLD under Bligh has presided over neglect of state solhcos. So what we saw was a worried government deciding to throw money at solhcos without allowing them to address their needs. So our school got a new hall but guess what. There are still holes in walls, peeling paint, still a lack of resources, we still use old technology in the digital age, computers break down almost every day . I could go on. But at least we have a new hall hey.These halls will do nothing to address the crisis in education in this country. And there is a crisis. Gillard stands ready to take the reigns intent on more of the same union bashinf money splashing rot. No way. The ALP will be last on my ticket. As a unionist I say no way to Gillard.
Posted by: Tlijani | 08/21/2012 at 01:06 AM