TAFEs protest at cuts to funding
TAFE unions will target the Baillieu government’s most vulnerable MPs in their protest at cuts to public sector training.
TAFE unions will target the Baillieu government’s most vulnerable MPs in their protest at cuts to public sector training.
THE One Laptop Per Child program was a winner in the budget while the government’s own Digital Education Revolution took a haircut
LABOR has delivered a higher education budget that runs counter to expectations. Instead of cuts, universities emerge unscathed.
THE government’s response to the base funding review is still on hold, but universities have emerged from the budget unscathed.
A $15.9 million federal program designed to encourage high-achievers to become teachers got just 71 applications in its first year.
JULIA Gillard has quarantined literacy and numeracy programs in Tuesday’s budget.
AUSTRALIA’S corporate elite is urging the government to use Tuesday’s budget to overhaul Labor’s industrial relations system.
MAKES no difference who you are, it’s just a score that tells little about a student’s history.
TEACHERS in South Australia will demand nationally competitive salaries and a slashing of contract positions.
THE schools revolution will deliver both a fairer society and a stronger economy.
THE Barnett government is planning a recruitment drive to target interstate and overseas teachers to combat a skills shortage.
A FEDERAL government audit into Sydney’s largest Islamic school has slammed its financial practices.
THE BER scheme was severely hampered by a lack of proper supervision, poor trades skills and limited financial accountability.
FUNDING to an Islamic school has been frozen after an audit found the owners were charging millions of dollars in improper fees.
PARENTS must share the blame for poor attendance in remote Aboriginal schools.
VICTORIAN teachers are threatening industrial action if pay negotiations stall.
THE success of Asian schools has prompted a discussion about our education system.
THE federal government has threatened to withhold up to $8.75 billion in training funding.
MORE than a third of students are not regularly attending school in South Australia’s remote Aboriginal lands.
THE NSW government has earned the ire of the Teachers Federation over its move to link pay rises with professional standards.
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