As a community, Australians care deeply about schooling for their children and are prepared to put a great deal of money towards it -often more than they can afford. Yet, that passions run high does not indicate agreement as to what education is or should be about. Symptomatic of this passionate confusion are the calls that have come periodically from the conservative wing of politics for a return to 'values education "“ a debate that has lately focused in recent weeks around the teaching of history.

On the eve of a dialogue between Christians and Muslims at the University of Wollongong, a peak evangelistic student body says there is no middle ground on the nature of Jesus.

A proposed Aboriginal school in Redfern is showing that Sydney Anglicans could help bridge the gap between the education 'haves and 'have nots. JEREMY HALCROW and MADELEINE COLLINS investigate the implications for how all Anglican schools are run.

It can be very difficult to understand the Middle East situation. However, if one can grasp a few very unhappy facts, the situation can make more sense, although it remains unhappy for all involved.

Whatever" - the catch-cry of Sydneys teens - seems to sum up perfectly the loosely held beliefs of Australias most lost and confused generation "“ those people born from 1976-1990.

In many churches the men are fewer, older and quieter. If our churches are producing congregations, or denominations, that are predominately female then maybe it's time to examine the production line.

Danebank Anglican School for Girls at Hurstville is to shatter the stereotype that private education is all about academic success when it becomes the first mainstream, independent school in Sydney to offer a scholarship to a child with a learning disability.

In a community increasingly characterised by loss, Southern Highlands Christians are finding a new form of outreach as locals combat humanity's age-old enemy.