....why schools in Milan are short of cash.Few would deny that Italy has some of the highest tax levels in Europe. Yet, despite the, apparently increasing, tax income, the schools in Milan actually ask parents for, in some instances, monthly contributions to help bolster funds. … [Read more...]
Setting up a school blog
June 6, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I spoke to some of the admin staff at my son's school today about my idea for setting up a parent maintained blog which would contain announcements and other general information and act as an unofficial school web site. One of the staff, a teacher I think, seemed to think it would be a good idea, … [Read more...]
Moodling 2
June 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I have now got Moodle running on my PC locally after installing it using a very useful Joomla standalone server set-up called JSAS. Although I did manage to lock myself out of phpmyadmin for a while as a result of setting up a password! I edited the config file, after I found the thing, and all … [Read more...]
Expensive schooling??
October 8, 2006 By Leave a Comment
The cashpoints/atms/bancomats that I use are presenting a happy little message regarding finance for the purchase of school text books at the moment.What!? You need a loan to buy schoolbooks? Wow. How expensive are the things, I am now wondering. They must be quite pricey if you need to take a … [Read more...]
Our Son’s Insertion
September 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Insertion? Insertion into what, I hear you ask. Although it may sound painful, and in a sense it is, our son is not suffering physically, you will be pleased to note. The insertion, or rather 'inserimento' is a system employed by certain day nurseries and nursery schools here. In simple terms … [Read more...]
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