Feud over children on bridging visas
THE surge in asylum-seeker arrivals by boat has sparked a battle between the Gillard government and the states over who should pay to educate children on bridging visas.
Education
WA Gonski offer breaches deal: O’Farrell
JULIA Gillard’s improved schools funding offer to WA appears to contravene the agreement she signed with NSW, Premier Barry O’Farrell says.
NSW wary of WA schools offer
THE O’Farrell government will examine the tripling in federal funding for West Australian schools under the Gonski reforms.
Grounds out of bounds for Garrett
THE Queensland government banned federal Education Minister Peter Garrett from visiting two schools in Brisbane yesterday.
Parents face school ‘transfer system’
A TRANSFER system like that used by professional sports clubs will be imposed on children going to schools outside their area.
Giddings warned on Gonski funding
TASMANIAN non-government schools will campaign “hammer and tongs” against the Gonski reforms if they favour the public sector.
Gillard sweetens WA Gonski offer
JULIA Gillard has made Western Australia a new, increased offer on schools funding, in a bid to encourage the state to sign on to her Gonski plan.
Poor process a mockery to education
FEDERAL Labor’s handling of Gonski has been a disgrace.
Costs will outpace funding: Langbroek
THE Queensland government claims costs in schools will grow well beyond the minimum 3 per cent increased funding promised.
Plan to sell school farms under fire
THE Tasmanian government is under fire for putting pressure on school principals to sell off the 29 school farms in the state.
Gillard sticks to her guns
HOLDOUT Coalition states are citing Labor leadership instability as a reason not to commit to Julia Gillard’s education reforms.
Gillard hits out as fundraiser canned
JULIA Gillard has accused the Barnett government of stifling free speech by quashing a fundraising event for a federal Labor MP.
PM’s new guardian angels
CHILDREN at a Catholic school on Brisbane’s northside yesterday thought the PM could use a bit of celestial support.
Unis fear $6bn funding deadlock
KEY university funding agreements for next year worth more than $6billion won’t be signed off until after the September election.
Gonski pay to hit $60,000 per child
SCHOOLS in remote communities will receive the biggest increases in funding per student under the Gonski reforms.
Even reform cash ‘will leave us short’
CATHOLIC education chiefs in South Australia have lashed Labor’s “broken promises” over funding.
Curriculum risks contaminating minds
PRESSURE groups that question the advances of technology serve only to confuse children.
Napthine warned $4bn funds at risk
VICTORIA’S threat to snub Julia Gillard’s June 30 deadline for the Gonski education reform deal has prompted a stern warning.
SA Labor breaks schools promise
A promise by Labor to expand capacity at four of South Australia’s highest-performing and most popular government high schools has been broken.
In tune with the rhythms of learning
THE Queensland Music Festival facilitates a crucial component of the Cape York curriculum.
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