Post modern clap trap rules in schools
LITERACY depends on the teaching of phonics, not the osmosis principle.
Education
Disgust at lag in funding results
NOBEL Prize-winning astronomer Brian Schmidt has blasted bureaucratic delays in the announcement of this year’s Future Fellowship winners.
Regulator must cut red tape, says Pyne
EDUCATION Minister Christopher Pyne has formally ordered the higher education regulator to cut red tape.
Colombo trial won’t affect other travel
THE advent of the government’s New Colombo Plan is not expected to interfere with existing study abroad arrangements for next year.
Pyne’s reforms could strip shackles
WE need a truly liberal approach.
Schools’ $50,000 Gonski setback
ABOUT 10 per cent of public schools in NSW will lose money next year under the funding model introduced by the state government.
Bishop’s silence on talk a shock
MALAYSIA shows it’s not a democracy.
Principals allowed to sack teachers
School principals will be given greater power to sack underperforming teachers under reforms announced by the Napthine government.
Not about extra cash for schools
THE way a school spends its money has a bigger impact on lifting student performance than does additional funding, new research has found.
HK signs up for Colombo scheme
FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has signed up the final destination for next year’s trial of the government’s New Colombo Plan.
Billions fail to boost teacher skills
EDUCATION funding has failed to boost the skills of teachers to deal with the challenges they are likely to face in the classroom.
School abuse ‘slap’ irks
A MOTHER who fought for information on the rape of a child has criticised the South Australian government’s suspension of a staffer.
School lessons worth learning
MORE money is not the answer to our failing school system.
Cash hasn’t helped kids to learn
SCHOOL funding from federal and state governments doubled over the past two decades but has failed to raise standards in student performance.
BHP investing in 185 futures
MINING giant BHP Billiton will today announce a $10 million investment in indigenous education.
Pyne orders audit of Islamic college
AN urgent financial audit of Sydney Muslim school Bellfield College has been ordered by Education Minister Christopher Pyne.
‘No police’, ex-student warned
A FORMER student who got hush money for being wrongly accused of viewing pornography at school, was told not to go to police.
Xenophon urges Bishop to act
Nick Xenophon has urged Julie Bishop to intervene to stop international students being intimidated by the Malaysian government.
Four ways Pyne can fix up Gonski mess
SCHOOLS won’t be happy as many of them won’t get their full entitlements for 10 years.
No privatisation of HECS debt: Hockey
THE federal government has hosed down speculation that it plans to sell off $23 billion in accumulated HECS debt.
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