ALP can’t buy pass mark in schools test
A cash injection is no substitute for vital reforms in education.
Education
Fears Gillard will go soon on Gonski
TENSIONS are mounting in the non-government sector over the Gonski plans after NSW independent schools accepted extra funding.
Left can’t really help any class
GILLARD Labor refuses to realise that competition and scholarships hold the key to better standards.
A lesson in how to defy disadvantage
WHEN Nathaniel Train arrived at Innisfail East State School two years ago, he had a tough message to deliver to teachers and parents.
Plibersek shelves bush medical school
HEALTH Minister Tanya Plibersek has shelved a proposal for a new regional-based medical school.
Strong leadership will improve results
GOVERNMENT can set policy but it needs to work with business on implementation.
It’s a step forward: Moneghetti
IT was a week marked by racist comments from surprising sources, prompting public handwringing about how far we still had to go.
Disadvantage feeds into funding formula
FOR schools uncertain about the level of funding they will receive from government next year, the question is not how much they will get.
ACT signs up to Gonski reforms
THE ACT has joined NSW in giving Julia Gillard a victory by adopting her Gonski school reforms, but the PM’s still struggling to win over other states.
Getting Gonski off the ground
IT’S a hard sell for Gillard and Garrett but they persevere.
Gonski reform process ‘a sham’
VICTORIA has accused the commonwealth of running a “sham”, “puerile” and farcical process over its Gonski agenda.
PM vow to Pell on Gonski funding
JULIA Gillard has given personal assurances to the Catholic Church that its education system’s current share of federal funding will be maintained.
Enough bickering over Gonski
A GOOD start would be for both parties to provide funding figures for each school.
Schools left to drown in red tape
ADDING another level of bureaucracy at national level is not what our students need.
Crashing through racial intolerance
NINE years ago, a Jewish girl was walking home from school in Sydney when a busload of students began shouting racist slurs.
United Voice role a snub: teachers
THE childhood teachers union has written to Julia Gillard asking her to axe a decision by School Education Minister Peter Garrett.
For schools, the future is in Asia
THE education system will have to start taking our near neighbours seriously.
Independent schools sound funds alarm
THE non-government school sector has raised several key complaints with Labor over its proposed overhaul of school funding.
Labor to slash red-tape burden
THE government admits compliance costs are too high.
Cash rules harden Gonski opposition
PROPOSALS to enshrine wide-ranging formulas in law for the Gonski education reform is hardening opposition to Labor’s plan.
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