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 (Michael Black) Tutoring used to be the preserve of students who were struggling, but it is growing beyond that. Why? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24129 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24129 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:54:49 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24129 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) Fabulist and conman Jason Arday was not so much the exception to the rule as the rule taken to its logical conclusion. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24126 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24126 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:13:36 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24126 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Steven Schwartz) The Commission spent almost no time asking why universities find it difficult to say that some behaviours and ideas are just plain wrong. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24109 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24109 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:04:00 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24109 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Scott Prasser) Jane Caro is a well-known opponent of private schools receiving any government money, and she relies on fiction rather than fact to prove her point. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24021 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24021 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:43:55 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24021 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Steven Schwartz) Universities have discovered their ideal academic: a machine that believes nothing, has read everything, and can produce infinite quantities of fluent slop on demand. And they have offered it tenure. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23999 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23999 Wed, 27 May 2026 09:23:15 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23999 On Line Opinion 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