Sliver of sense after silver debacle
There is no doubt Simon Birmingham had to go as education minister.
Education
Waiver for ripped-off students
The federal government will waive an estimated $1 billion of debt owed by students ripped off by dodgy colleges in loan rorts.
‘Conversation we must have’
Tony Abbott will deliver a statement to parliament offering a pathway to improving indigenous attendance at remote schools.
Teachers buck at US maths input
Australia’s biggest teaching union has condemned a huge contract awarded to a US consultant to modernise maths study.
$4bn to avert schools backlash
The PM is promising at least $4bn in funding to appease Catholic and low-fee independent schools facing campus closures.
Education heads eye online exams
Online school examinations for Year 12 students will be introduced in South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Young graduate to Year 12 jobs
A degree is of less benefit than it used to be, with more graduates forced to take jobs requiring only a Year 12 education.
Lawyers look at Chinese threats
A legal panel is considering a ‘snitching scandal’ involving Chinese students at the University of Adelaide.
Shift to ‘radical’ curriculum
Students are set to be taught fashionable but contentious 21st-century skills under a radical redesign of the national curriculum.
Education advisers cut ties
Two key Liberal government education advisers have left their roles following the latest cabinet reshuffle.
‘Let teachers ban mobiles’
Teachers should have the right to ban mobile phones from their classrooms, Education Minister Dan Tehan says.
‘Expel Chinese student snitchers’
A “snitching scandal” involving Chinese students at the University of Adelaide highlights communist infiltration, says Cory Bernardi.
Chinese students face threats
Chinese students at the University of Adelaide have been threatened with being reported to the Chinese embassy.
Girls and migrants top the class
Girls and students born overseas are the most motivated in Australian classrooms.
NZ pushes for Maori in schools
New Zealand’s government wants the Maori language to be taught in primary schools alongside maths, English and science.
No gender theory in ‘respect’ plan
The federal government is spending millions of dollars developing resources to teach respectful relationships in schools.
600 graduation days and counting
The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation funded just one student in 2008. This year, its 600th student will graduate.
Labor rethinks school report cards
School report cards that grade students from A to E could be confined to the history books if Labor is elected.
A to E report cards face axe
Federal Labor will investigate scrapping traditional school report cards that grade students from A to E if elected.
Teachers pass on new maths skills
A program designed to target the middle school mathematics slump has been shown to boost learning among younger students.
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