Australia: Pre-school guidelines for activists
Susie Obrien, Daniel Wills: The Advertiser | April 13, 2009
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25331336-5006301,00.html
HIGH-PROFILE Labor MP Maxine McKew wants to train toddlers and pre-school children to become political activists.
She has drafted her controversial Early Years Learning Framework which, if adopted, would cover all kindergartens, childcare centres and other early childhood settings. The guidelines would also provide the basis for the education and care of all Australian pre-schoolers and are due to be implemented in July.
Ms McKew, the woman who ousted former Prime Minister John Howard at the 2007 election, is the Parliamentary Secretary for Early …


