Browsing all articles from June, 2010

The trials of youth, now up to the adults – Inner City Courier See page 7

Ethics course trial ends at Crown St Public School – Sydney Central

This from the Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs local paper. Ethics trial, good or bad – Southern Courier

parents4ethics have today released a media statement for use by news channels across NSW. Read it here

ETHICS CLASSES IN 2011 parents4ethics wants early decision Ethics classes should be a permanent option for all NSW public primary school children from next year. parents4ethics is urging the Education Minister, Verity Firth to make an early and positive decision following the independent evaluation, of the successful 10-week Ethics trial, in ten NSW primary schools. more…

Braidwood Central School’s P & C has passed a motion of support for a change in DET policy to allow Ethics classes as a complement to Scripture.

Creationism creeps into NSW Schools – The Australian

I am sending you this anecdote from my daughter’s primary school experience of Scripture some years ago. Hannah did go to Scripture classes even though we are not a religious family and I had offered her the ‘out’. However, she did not relish the thought of the boredom that was the alternative, saying that the more…

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Rose Bay Public School has voted for the Ethics Class when it is rolled out.

Who are we?

parents4ethics is a group of parents who share a common view that children not attending Special Religious Education (SRE) classes should be provided with an alternative. parents4ethics demand an end to discrimination in the public education system, where children who opt out of SRE classes are not allowed education or instruction on ethics, morals, values, or religions.