Give us a fair go, says Huawei
HUAWEI Australia chairman John Lord has proposed the establishment of a new cyber-security body.
Education
Axe baby bonus for education: Labor MP
A LABOR backbencher today called for the abolition of the baby bonus to curb the birth rate and free up money for education spending.
Only elite unis to survive slump
ONLY elite, research-intensive universities with global brands will exist in their current form in 15 years, a report warns.
Primary kids see magic of science
WHEN Ian Stuart’s son Tom was in Year 3, the high school science teacher started explaining basic atomic theory.
Unis need Menzies and Gillard
A REVIVED commission could build on Liberal precedent and Labor regulation.
Call to fund compulsory swim classes
ONE in five children leaving primary school this year will not know how to swim, says Royal Life Saving Australia.
Grim harvest of poor spelling
IT’S not teachers’ fault that their literacy is poor.
‘More cuts to foot bill’
WAYNE Swan has admitted more long-term cuts to the budget will be needed to fund the Gonski education reforms and the NDIS.
Arts program closes indigenous gap
AN arts program for indigenous primary school students closed the gap with their classmates’ literacy skills in one year.
‘Make it harder for student teachers’
SCHOOLS and teachers have called on universities to impose tougher standards on prospective teachers, including higher entry scores.
Low aspirations behind drop-outs
DIFFERENCES in school quality, including teachers, are “relatively unimportant” in explaining the chances of school completion.
Every child wins at this school
NO child is left behind in the small town of Atherton in north Queensland.
Islamic college contracts to family
CANBERRA’S Islamic school awarded more than half a million dollars’ worth of contracts to the son-in-law of the school’s then chairman.
Gonski legislation ‘yet to be drafted’
JULIA Gillard’s promise to have legislation for her “education crusade” introduced into parliament by the end of this year is in doubt.
Unis told to act to meet Asia demand
AUSTRALIAN universities and colleges need to rewrite the rules of international education to meet unprecedented demand from Asia.
Gonski won’t fund Gonski, says Wong
FINANCE Minister Penny Wong has defended new Future Fund chairman David Gonski from the opposition..
NSW go-slow on schools plan
NSW schools will implement the national curriculum by 2016, about two years behind the rest of the nation.
Sparkies join BER compo chorus
A PEAK electricians’ body has added its voice to criticism of the Barnett government’s handling of the federal schools building program.
End the blame game on internships
HEALTH bureaucrats have made a mess of the final years of training for some doctors.
NAPLAN ‘unfair to remote kids’
THE national literacy and numeracy tests discriminate against indigenous children in remote communities, say linguistics researchers.
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