Daily Archives: January 25, 2011

Race to Nowhere – a film about the pressure to get good grades – coming to you.

Posted on January 25, 2011 by mwalker

I stumbled on this clip from Scott Mcleaod’s blog to a movie that touches on an extreme, that if normalised in schools would spell disaster for a generation of students. The pressure to perform on tests – to get high … Continue reading →

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Floods in Queensland and Victoria

Posted on January 25, 2011 by mwalker

For the past few weeks we have been witnessing the most devastating floods in Australian history. The areas most affected are in Queensland and more recently in Victoria. The newspapers have been running special reports each day for the past 3 weeks and the … Continue reading →

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