State concerns over Gonski power shift
THE last Labor state to sign on to the Gonski education reforms has condemned the legislative framework.
Education
Gonski reforms face challenge
THE powers contained in the government’s legislative response to the education reforms could be open to constitutional challenge.
Gonski shows ALP floundering in dark
GILLARD’S policies are hasty and haphazard.
Rush to Gonski sends wrong message
UNIVERSITIES are compensating for revenue loss by slashing language courses.
Parents recruit speech gurus
PARENTS are hiring speech pathologists to coach their children for success in the NAPLAN literacy and numeracy tests.
Remote kids reaping benefits
THE commonwealth intervention has reduced the proportion of Aboriginal children who are vulnerable on early development by almost 20 per cent.
Legal threat to retiree over party
CLIVE Palmer will sue a Brisbane retiree and his supporters unless they abandon the name of their political party.
PM’s school reform flawed
OVERHAUL must stress common heritage, values.
Uni staff union backs Greens
THE union representing academics and other university staff will spend $1 million campaigning against the Coalition.
Fed snub in Gonski commitment
NSW has refused to bow to pressure from the federal Coalition, setting its commitment to Labor’s Gonski reforms in the budget.
Gonski at risk, Rudd backers told
JULIA Gillard’s supporters have warned that Kevin Rudd would dump the Gonski education reforms.
From Thursday Island to parliament
AT 16 years old, Ebithia Mills already is smart, determined, friendly and likes to stand up for those who do not always have a voice.
Hold-outs block Gonski hopes
HOSTILITY from three states over the control of schools is thwarting the Gillard government’s ambitions for seamless national education reform.
Two years to sort funding: Pyne
THE federal opposition has backed down on its promise to repeal any Gonski education reform deals by the beginning of next year.
Newman boycotts education inquiry
QUEENSLAND has boycotted the Gillard government’s Gonski parliamentary process.
Napthine enticed by ‘Gonski lotto’
VICTORIAN Premier Denis Napthine has signalled he is ready to strike a multi-billion-dollar education funding deal with Julia Gillard.
Gillard signs up SA for Gonski
JULIA Gillard has sealed an education deal worth $656m over six years with South Australia to secure the support of a second state for her Gonski reforms.
Second premier joins Gonski roll call
JULIA Gillard has sealed an education funding deal worth more than $620 million with South Australia’s Labor Premier Jay Weatherill.
$670k spent on trips for teachers
THE Education Department has been ordered to explain why $670,000 was spent last year on sending teachers on international excursions.
PM enters leadership ‘killing zone’
JULIA Gillard will use a deal with the South Australian government on her Gonski education reforms today to claim political momentum.
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