Warning Ignored: Wrong History Taught Twice in Brisbane
As a political journalist who has been poring over parliamentary debates, policy papers, and election campaigns for more than 15 years, you start to develop a sixth sense for when a seemingly isolated incident is actually a tremor indicating deeper structural faults. The news out of Queensland about State High students being taught the wrong topic for their ancient history exam, and crucially, that this wasn’t the first time the education department had been warned about similar issues at a Brisbane school in August – that’s not just an education mishap. It’s a significant flag waving in the wind of governance and government policy. ...