Explicit excellence shows value of traditional ways
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Explicit excellence shows value of traditional ways

Explicit teaching is now being recognised,as it should always have,as the most effective learning method for the vast majority of students.

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Rosehill sale a race between public good and vested interests
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Planning

Rosehill sale a race between public good and vested interests

One of the most exciting and beneficial plans of recent times,the sale of Rosehill Racecourse,is under threat from vested interests with little apparent regard for the public good.

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‘I’ll be ready for the spring’:Waterhouse recovers from knee surgery

‘I’ll be ready for the spring’:Waterhouse recovers from knee surgery

Gai Waterhouse was a notable absence from day one of The Championships and the Easter sales after having a knee replacement last week.

  • byChris Roots
‘Dad was right and I was wrong’:Gai’s Golden Slipper admission

‘Dad was right and I was wrong’:Gai’s Golden Slipper admission

It is now the world’s richest race for two-year-olds,but Gai Waterhouse is still using the formula her father developed more than 50 years ago to win the Golden Slipper.

  • byChris Roots
How a Gai Waterhouse text message made Annabel Neasham laugh after Slipper nightmare

How a Gai Waterhouse text message made Annabel Neasham laugh after Slipper nightmare

The Hall of Fame trainer thought Neasham had won the world’s richest two-year-old race - but her horse didn’t even finish the race.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Hyeronimus gets Blue Diamond consolation after losing Storm Boy ride

Hyeronimus gets Blue Diamond consolation after losing Storm Boy ride

Adrian Bott insists the group 1-winning jockey remains a huge part of the stable’s Golden Slipper plans after being tossed from the country’s most valuable horse in training.

  • byAdam Pengilly
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Racing members and trainers push for late scratching of Rosehill development plan

Racing members and trainers push for late scratching of Rosehill development plan

A new Metro station and 25,000 homes at Rosehill could be scuttled by opposition from within the Australian Turf Club,which must agree to sell the land.

  • byMichael Koziol
Heard the one about the horse that walked into a pub? It sold in a potential $50m deal

Heard the one about the horse that walked into a pub? It sold in a potential $50m deal

He’s the hottest two-year-old racehorse in Australia – and his lucky owners bought into him after he was paraded through a beer garden.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Rublev’s charity promises money for kids,it just can’t say which ones

Rublev’s charity promises money for kids,it just can’t say which ones

The Russian star stepped onto court sporting the stylised angel wings of his very own fashion charity. It’s not-for-profit but who it is actually for is not entirely clear.

  • byDavid Estcourt andCara Waters
The Melbourne Cup moment that had Richmond stars sweating

The Melbourne Cup moment that had Richmond stars sweating

It was hard to hear the jockey’s exact words,but he moved his body back and forth and from side to side to deliver his message about Soulcombe’s run.

  • byAndrew Wu andPeter Ryan
‘Going down there to run top four’:The bush trainer ready to take on Flemington with 100-1 Derby shot

‘Going down there to run top four’:The bush trainer ready to take on Flemington with 100-1 Derby shot

If 100-1 outsider Warialda Warrior,named after a former rugby league star,can defy the odds and salute in the time-honoured $2 million classic he would instantly become part of Derby folklore.

  • byAndrew Wu