From locked-up to looking up…
FOR the longest, most crucial stretch of Nahdia Noter’s life, role models failed her.
Education
Mum knows too well value of education
WHEN Roberta Kalinic was growing up on Managoora station on the Gulf of Carpentaria, 760km east of Darwin, education was a rare thing.
Minister, teachers in court stoush
THE Baillieu government is proceeding with legal action to prevent Victorian teachers from going on strike next week.
Garrett warns states on Gonski reforms
EDUCATION Minister Peter Garrett has warned the states they could face funding cuts if they don’t contribute to the Gonski reforms.
Schools to face funding threat
SCHOOLS face losing money if state and territory governments refuse to adopt the federal government’s education reforms.
Truancy as high in NSW as Top End
ABORIGINAL attendance at scores of schools in NSW is nearly as poor as in remote Northern Territory communities.
Fund fight has ‘kneecapped’ system
A “CIVIL war” over funding is kneecapping tertiary education strategy, according to independent MP Rob Oakeshott.
Censorship is denial of free speech
NICOLA Roxon’s draft will deny today’s children a right to express an opinion.
Shades of Hawke as Garrett rides out
FEDERAL meddling in education is a thinly disguised power grab by Canberra.
Government shelves uni report
JANE Lomax-Smith got an Australia Day award, but the government has rejected her report into funding of teaching in universities.
Bonus puts cash in marginal seats
LABOR has handed millions of dollars to voters in marginal seats in Queensland and Sydney under the Schoolkids Bonus Scheme.
Basics locked in to ‘pass’ school
WA students will be the first in the nation to have to meet minimum numeracy and literacy requirements before they can graduate from high school.
HECS creator opposes savings
HECS architect Bruce Chapman has cautioned against major changes to the interest-free student loans scheme.
Loan fee ‘won’t fix debt problem’
FOR Katie Stiles, a 22-year-old university student, HECS debt is a “necessary burden”.
Lost HECS debt $6.2bn, and rising
THE amount of student debt that will never be repaid to government has ballooned by close to $1 billion in the past 12 months, to $6.2bn.
Boarding school moulding for success
AT 17, Arthur Currie is a promising athlete, popular among his peers and looks forward to graduating from high school.
Money in bank as demand plateaus
THE federal government’s open chequebook policy to fund uni places for every would-be student should find financial relief.
Funding to hit indigenous boarders
THE biggest boarding school for indigenous students in the Northern Territory is considering closing its boarding house this year.
Mundine seeks rollout for jobs program
GENERATIONONE boss Warren Mundine wants to roll out a school-based employment program nationally
Schools to teach business in Year 5
ALL students from age 10 will be taught business and economics subjects for the first time under the proposed national curriculum.
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