Education propelled by self-interest
KIM Carr’s reference to quality has been misinterpreted by those keen to limit access.
Education
Tasmania to land $400m in schools deal
TASMANIA has become the fourth jurisdiction to sign up to the federal government’s better schools plan.
Catholics baulk at Gonski deal
KEVIN Rudd is still trying to settle the concerns of parents of children at non-government schools over the Gonski funding changes.
Opposition mounts to education cap
WAYNE Swan’s proposed $2000 cap on self-education expenses is a “double dose of dumbness”, a tax on learning that should be abandoned.
Dubious benefits weaken case
GOVERNMENT spending on early childhood education outweighs the good it does.
Quality teachers a key factor
SCHOOL pupils in Australia spend more time in the classroom under compulsory instruction than in any other country in the OECD.
Uni place cuts ‘will hit vulnerable’
ROB Oakeshott has rejected suggestions budget blowouts are behind the government’s rethink on a demand-driven university system.
Too soon for Gonski: Catholic sector
CATHOLIC education administrators say Labor’s plan to have the Gonski funding reforms ready in time for next year is unrealistic.
Rudd opens door to Gonski shift
KEVIN Rudd has left open the possibility of substantially changing the style and timetable for the Gonski education funding changes.
Gonski can be fixed in time: Catholics
THE Catholic education sector believes Kevin Rudd can address its problems with Labor’s school funding reforms in time for the coming school year.
‘Opportunist’ joined wrong party
CANDIDATE for Fremantle, Teresa Van Lieshout, has been disendorsed for issuing statements contrary to Palmer United Party policy.
Budget cuts force ANU to shed staff
AUSTRALIA’S premier research university yesterday was forced to announce a 10 per cent cut to its workforce.
Delay welcomed as certainty sought
INDEPENDENT schools have cautiously welcomed the extension of the deadline for states to sign up to the education reforms.
Labor must try harder on education
THE ALP cites education as one of its strongest and most successful policy areas. The reality proves otherwise.
New push, new name for Gonski
KEVIN Rudd will re-sell Labor’s $14.5 billion education reforms as a vision for improving schools.
Preschool rates lag world
AUSTRALIAN three- and four-year-olds are engaged in formal preschool education at one of the lowest rates in the world.
States struggle in Gonski vacuum
LABOR’S education reforms hung in the balance last night, as bewildered states pondered who would take ministerial control.
New spending $2bn short: auditor
THE Auditor-General has found that the Gonski education reforms contain only $879 million in new spending over their first four years.
‘Closing gap’ fails schools’ brightest
THERE is too much emphasis on low achievers.
Napthine out to get more for education
THE Napthine government is trying to force a $7bn cash injection into its education system in a bid to profit from reform.
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