This week Pete (@mr_van_w) talks about Malcolm Roberts' idea to restrict K-3 teaching to cover only Literacy/English and Maths/Numeracy. By his reasoning, these concepts are mostly interchangable and isolated to any context. Pete has other thoughts.
John (@jfcatto) looks at the difference between item teaching and curriculum teaching. Apparently one is good for students learning and the other raises school results. Unsurprisingly, Pete thinks that one of these is more important than the other.
Pete: Malcolm Roberts Academic Review
John: Why Teaching to the Test is Educational Malpractice - Steven Singer
https://gadflyonthewallblog.com/2016/11/03/why-teaching-to-the-test-is-educational-malpractice/