Boys make giant leap to a better life
THEY call themselves Tha Boyz but until recently police called them Prolific Priority Offenders.
Education
Labor approved abuse cover-up
SOUTH Australia’s Labor government approved a decision not to tell parents about child-sex charges against a teacher.
Women bachelors still earning less
THE value of a bachelor degree is holding up despite a massive increase in graduate numbers in the past decade.
Israel boycott hurt unis: opposition
TERTIARY institutions that support the anti-Israel boycott movement risk undermining the standing of unis, the opposition says.
Faculties blamed for poor teaching
Responsibility for poor results of Australian primary students has been sheeted home to universities and education departments.
Education ‘fads’ key to poor result
THE Coalition says Labor is to blame for Australia’s education record as new data places us last amongst English speaking nations.
Improve the teachers, help the kids
WHEN David Wanstall arrived as the new principal at Ballajura Primary School in Perth six years ago, he found a below-average school.
Bell tolls for classroom reform
AUSTRALIAN primary students have scored the lowest of any English-speaking nation in an international test of reading, shocking education experts.
Primary students lag in reading
PRIMARY students have a “substantial problem” in reading, with 25 per cent failing to meet minimum standards for age in international tests.
Schools paid for flawed program
THE NSW Education Department charged its own primary schools at least $42,000 for a program that was found to have poor results.
Audit on schools cover-ups withheld
REPORT outlining culture of cover-ups kept from the the public.
Geelong Grammar girls pay tribute
“I’M wearing the purple,” Elisabeth Murdoch told the girls assembled for the boarding house named in her honour in 2010.
Who steals school funds?
KIRBY’S attack on independent education is wrong.
Portolesi admits fault on schools
EDUCATION Minister Grace Portolesi says she and her Labor predecessors are partly responsible for a culture of cover-ups.
‘Culture of cover-up’ at schools
A CULTURE of cover-ups within South Australian government schools has led to the under-reporting of critical incidents
Test tied to school funding
SCHOOLS will be assessed yearly against nine areas critical for lifting student performance under a plan to be considered tomorrow.
Kirby draws line on ‘stolen’ funding
MICHAEL Kirby has characterised the funding governments provide to private schools as money stolen from their public counterparts.
Remote kids need full Western education
WEST Australian indigenous MP Ben Wyatt says Aboriginal children in remote communities need a “full Western education”.
Sarra contemplates a new smarter way
RESPECTED Aboriginal educator Chris Sarra plans to leave education to try repairing the troubled area of indigenous housing.
Queensland rejects TAFE free-for-all
QUEENSLAND will avoid a “massive cost blowout” by rejecting a Victorian-style free-for-all in its open training market, the state government says.
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