Childcare splits parents, experts
PARENTS see childcare centres as a babysitting service allowing them to work, with their main concern being the safety of their child.
Education
Coalition joins Gonski ‘unity ticket’
THE Coalition has sought to reset the education debate for the looming federal election and outflank Labor.
Opposition must firm up funding scheme
TONY Abbott unveiled his own PNG-style solution yesterday.
Libs backflip to match Labor on schools
TONY Abbott has vowed to match federal Labor’s Gonski school funding boost in an attempt to neutralise education as an election issue.
Shorten takes schools fight to NT public
BILL Shorten has accused the Northern Territory of not valuing education in its refusal to sign up to funding reforms after cutting its own schools budget.
$118k for childcare reading program
CHILDCARE workers from non-English backgrounds will receive federal funding to translate the government’s early learning framework.
Parents get greater say on principals
PUBLIC school parents have a greater say in choosing their principal than their Catholic or independent counterparts.
Funding hold-outs will pass up $27bn
THE states holding out against school funding reforms are set to walk away from $27bn in extra investment from the federal government.
NT cut loose on school funding
THE NT will join WA in refusing to sign up to school reforms after Canberra yesterday withdrew from talks with the Territory.
NT rejects Gonski ‘con’
THE Northern Territory has rejected the federal government’s school funding reforms, calling them “a con” and accusing Kevin Rudd of being deceitful.
Abbott won’t dump Gonski, for now
THE federal Coalition has conceded that Labor’s school funding model is locked in for next year and backed away from its commitment to repeal the laws.
Kev the builder keeps kids enthralled
KEVIN Rudd began his speech to students at St Luke’s Primary School yesterday by telling them about their school’s namesake.
Napthine wants written pledge
VICTORIAN Premier Denis Napthine wants a written assurance that the federal government will not interfere in the management of his state’s schools.
Forrest backs training provider
MINING magnate Andrew Forrest will today endorse a Sydney youth organisation as a best practice provider of training for indigenous employees.
Schoolkids love travelling Rudd show
WITH a flick of his fringe and jaunty little hop, Kevin Rudd is up on stage, arms held high like an aging rocker back for an encore.
Class action over ‘chemical exposure’
FORMER students who claim they were exposed to chemicals at their Sydney high school are threatening legal action.
PM steps in to beat Gonski deadline
KEVIN Rudd intervened in school-funding negotiations with the Victorian government after finalising arrangements with Catholic schools yesterday.
Ignore uni students at your peril
ASPIRATIONAL young voters in key marginal seats will decide the election.
Catholic schools seal funding deal
CATHOLIC educators have agreed to sign up to Labor’s school funding reforms after Kevin Rudd offered an extra $600 million.
Education’s fresh charter
PARTNERSHIP schools will address the shortfall in Maori education.
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