States accuse ‘controlling’ Pyne
EDUCATION Minister Christopher Pyne stands accused by the states of adopting a controlling approach in his policy to schools.
Education
Labor attacks Abbott’s ‘clever words’
TONY Abbott denies backing away from an election commitment on school funding and suggests there’s confusion about what was promised.
Quality teaching for better outcomes
FUNDING alone is not the answer; schools need autonomy and better teachers.
Gonski was about education, not funding
THE Australian Education Union ruined the country’s opportunity to lift standards.
Truancy officers to boost schooling
THERE will be enough teachers in the Top End, says federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion.
Pyne slammed in school funding war
THE states yesterday accused Christopher Pyne of singling out government schools to bear the brunt of any expenditure cuts.
Ministers’ fury over school funding
THE Coalition has reignited the funding wars between public and private schools after Christopher Pyne said only government schools face budget cuts.
Implement the Gonski model
JUST because Labor failed to sell it properly doesn’t mean the reform should be jettisoned.
Scrapping Gonski immoral: minister
THE Abbott government faces accusations from a state Coalition colleague of acting “immorally” by recanting on school-funding commitments.
Piggery broker asked Keating for help
THE man who brokered the sale of Paul Keating’s piggery back in the 1990s has reached out to the former prime minister for help.
States to pool school funds
STATES poised to implement Labor’s Gonski school-funding reforms face having to share their extra money from 2015.
PM dodges exact match on school funding
TONY Abbott has vowed to honour his election pledge on school funding by delivering the same “quantum” of spending as Labor.
Owners ‘gave fake rolls to auditors’
THE new owners of one of the nation’s top indigenous schools supplied its auditors with allegedly false student attendance rolls.
PM urged to overrule Gonski switch
THE Abbott government is deadlocked with a strengthening alliance of states over its plans to rewrite Gonski education funding deals.
Fees up as elite school faces loss
THE most prestigious boys school in Adelaide, St Peter’s College, has made an operational loss of about $3 million.
Pyne dumps school funding promise
EDUCATION Minister Christopher Pyne has walked away from a pre-election pledge to match promised Labor funding for every school.
Pyne turns school funding attack on Labor
CHRISTOPHER Pyne has accused Bill Shorten of ripping $1.2 billion from school funding for Queensland, WA and the Northern Territory.
School ‘boosted’ roll to gain more funds
A showpiece indigenous school “deliberately” and “artificially” boosted student numbers to claim more taxpayer funding.
Pyne sparks Gonski revolt
THE most powerful conservative states were last night leading a revolt against plans to dismantle Labor’s Gonski reforms.
Kids the winners, reform trial shows
THE Gonski funding model has freed up teachers, allowed the hiring of new support staff and specifically targeted students who were being overlooked.
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