Giddings looks to rewrite Gonski model
TASMANIA is seeking to change the Gonski school funding rules to allow more money to flow to public schools.
Education
Claudia’s brush helps paint a future
LOOKING at her bold works, it’s difficult to believe teenage artist Claudia Moodoonuthi picked up a paintbrush only two years ago.
Senate committee to mark NAPLAN
LABOR is confident Australia’s NAPLAN testing will get a gold star after a forthcoming Senate inquiry into the program.
Unis lower hurdles to keep numbers
UNIVERSITIES are having to continue to lower entry scores to maintain expanding numbers.
My School sheds a welcome light
KEEPING parents in the dark takes us back to bad old days.
Tangled web ties Coalition to deals
LABOR has tried to build an Abbott-proof fence to protect its new school-funding model.
It’s weird and not so wonderful
THAT there is any rhyme or reason to higher education policy and funding these days was given the kybosh.
Funds secure lifetime of opportunity
THE Sabatino children have been afforded the kind of opportunity their parents never had.
Gonski poses serious risks
THE government’s utilitarian approach to schooling confuses education with training.
NAPLAN part of a big delusion
TESTS are given an inappropriate authority to determine performance.
Garrett tells states to lift Gap game
FEDERAL Education Minister Peter Garrett is demanding that the states and territories lift their game on indigenous education.
Gallipoli a priority for Games closing
THE British government is bowing to pressure to ensure that there will be a component recognising the Gallipoli campaign at the 2014 Glasgow Games.
Kids bonus ads to cost $5m-plus
THE Gillard government will spend more than $5 million this financial year on paid advertising for the Schoolkids Bonus scheme.
NSW was right to sign up to Gonski
IMPROVEMENTS will come from changed practices; more money is icing on the cake.
Bishop laments Labor changes to EIF
THE architects of Australia’s tertiary education investment fund envisaged a colossal endowment to bankroll research facilities.
Eddy Groves seeks move to Canada
ABC Learning’s Eddy Groves is seeking to move to Canada, despite still having several large legal cases still hanging over his head in Australia.
Funding cuts will hurt students
UNIVERSITIES Australia will today warn of a Dickensian future for students staggering under the weight of higher education funding cuts.
Research likely for chopping block
IN the lead-up to next week’s budget, university leaders are increasingly uneasy about further funding cuts, particularly to research.
$100m plan to deliver better future
THANASI Tiliakos cannot pinpoint the precise moment his circumstances began to close in around him.
Childcare funding ‘doesn’t make sense’
THE federal government has admitted “many” childcare providers are not interested in enterprise agreements in their centres.
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