One-size-fits-all wrong for schools
RESEARCH shows teacher effectiveness holds the key to improved outcomes for all levels of students.
Education
Schools need to focus on China success
A new Colombo Plan helping Australians to study overseas could bring us closer to Asia.
More kids able at an early age
THE latest “census” of the development of the nation’s five-year-olds shows a significant improvement over the past three years.
Red tape hitting student schemes
VITAL support schemes for disadvantaged students have by far the highest red tape costs, a study of universities’ reporting requirements revealed.
Gonski reforms risk launch failure
TWO camps have emerged in the Gonski wars.
One in five lags at start of school
ONE in five Australian children still has some kind of developmental problem when they start formal schooling, childhood data shows.
Richer texts for remedial students
TEACHERS have been advised to offer challenging books to struggling students.
Education saviour pulling many levers
THE Prime Minister would do better to allow schools autonomy.
Value of rules from my pigtail days
A SCHOOL reunion brings back a time when standards and attention to detail mattered.
Teachers tick in-the-classroom training
A NEW approach to training teachers is producing graduates with higher academic scores who are also better prepared for the classroom.
Emerson gives student reforms a tick
Craig Emerson says Australia is on track to have 40 per cent of young people obtaining degrees by 2025.
Victorian TAFE chairs ‘sacked’
UP to 10 Victorian TAFE board chairs have been “sacked” amid claims of political payback against institutes that have protested against budget cuts.
PM prepares education election
JULIA Gillard is banking on the Gonski reforms to restore her political capital.
Unis hail Emerson takeover
THE linking of Craig Emerson’s trade and the Asian century responsibilities to higher education has been hailed by the sector.
Urgent need to improve maths skills
ALMOST 40 per cent of maths high school teachers are unqualified to teach the subject.
Teaching degrees to fail quality test
ALMOST one in five teaching degrees will struggle to meet national teaching institute standards.
Millions wasted training teachers
TENS of millions of dollars are being wasted training teachers who do not enter a classroom.
Katie’s now an indigenous pioneer
KATIE Prince is one of a growing group: an indigenous student in Year 12 and about to finish school.
Premier offers olive branch to teachers
A STRATEGIC backflip by the government over teachers’ performance pay.
Focus on quality, not cash, for schools
SCHOOLS have been handed an “impossible demand” to break the poverty cycle for their students, a new report argues.
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