http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=education Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2026, National Forum editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) tech@onlineopinion.com.au 60 editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) Were we all crazy to rely on demographic information from a book compiled by a spy agency? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23858 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23858 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:23:26 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23858 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Steven Schwartz) Academic freedom is inseparable from professional responsibility. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23847 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23847 Mon, 9 Feb 2026 06:19:30 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23847 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Sarah Flynn-O'Dea) Human learning begins with myth not social science http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23820 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23820 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:34:06 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23820 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Steven Schwartz) For decades, humanity appeared to be getting smarter. Then, inconveniently, it wasn’t. IQs are now sliding backwards. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23719 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23719 Tue, 4 Nov 2025 08:02:58 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23719 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Monique Power) Every time a child with disability is turned away from early education, they hear: you don’t belong here. Inclusion on paper isn’t enough - it has to start in practice. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23700 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23700 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:43:10 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23700 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Steven Schwartz) In our brave new AI world, academics pretend to teach, students pretend to learn and administrators pretend it all adds up to something called higher education. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23691 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23691 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:31:07 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23691 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Robin Shields) Top of the class on AI, bottom on stress: what a global survey reveals about Australia’s teachers. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23681 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23681 Wed, 8 Oct 2025 08:08:56 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23681 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Scott Prasser) Mr Clare should scrap his super agency. It will have no impact on improving education quality, cost much and waste time. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23660 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23660 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:26:31 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23660 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Steven Schwartz) Universities are struggling. Staff see livelihoods at risk, students see disruption, and managers see balance sheets collapsing. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23651 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23651 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:16:29 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23651 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Bettina Arndt) Australia is facing a growing crisis in boys’ education - the social justice issue nobody is talking about. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23640 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23640 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 07:19:10 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23640 On Line Opinion