There's nothing like managing staff. It's a royal pain in the ... No matter what you do you can't please everyone. There are two main methods I've seen. a) By the book. b) With a wink wink. By the book is the way I always did it. Of course, since it...

The year 12's are starting their TEE exams next week, and we are all thinking about them. For many, schools have invested hour upon hour getting them ready for the highest stakes exam of all. Seeing them graduate gives teachers a lift but I am...

We were having a chat around dinner about the role of politics in education. I took the position that party politics had no place in education and others took the role of education is a necessary part of government. We reached a point where we decided...

Students can surprise you. Yesterday, the year 12's graduated. For some it was a surprise - that despite numerous obstacles (some self created, others purely due to circumstance) they had somehow made it, for some meh - it was an end... for others the...

"Challenge"-itis: to act offended or abrupt if an existing decision is challenged as being ineffective or could be improved. "New idea"-itis: the need to deflect, ignore, be offended by or denigrate any new idea that challenges an old one without due...