Aboriginal school shuts with one pupil
FOR several weeks this year, a Year 8 boy at the Ballerrt Mooroop College, in Melbourne’s north, was the $1.1 million student.
Education
Not a level field at school, PM says
CHILDREN from low-income families are being let down by the school system, with the PM saying there is not a level playing field.
Class far from anywhere, far from cheap
IN the centre of a neat classroom out the back o’ Bourke, four desks stand at three different heights.
Wealth key to school success
FAMILY and money are the most influential factors in a child’s success at school.
Ministers talk school funding
FORMAL talks over the implementation of a new funding system for schools will begin today as education ministers meet in Sydney.
Forced school closures delayed
TASMANIA’S Labor-Green government has delayed forced school closures until after the next state election.
Uni site launch aids students
STUDENTS from today will get a look behind the marketing spiel of universities with the launch of the My University website
$500m school boost focuses on teaching
THE government will today unveil $500m in expenditure over 10 years to improve school attendance and enrolment rates in the NT.
Packed lunch at school full to brim
MARRI Grove Primary School in Perth has to run alternate lunch times because there are too many children to fit in the playground.
Islamic school funds frozen
A SECOND Islamic school in southwest Sydney has had its funding frozen by the NSW government after concerns about financial anomalies.
Garrett out of step on Gonski
SCHOOL Education Minister Peter Garrett has told sectors that the reforms in the Gonski report have “waited long enough”.
Gonski call no Canberra takeover: PM
JULIA Gillard has dismissed fears that school review recommendations would amount to a federal takeover of the running of public schools.
Gonski review a goner: Barnett
WA Premier Colin Barnett says the Gonski recommendations would amount to a federal takeover of the running of public schools.
Catholics reject Pyne ‘scare campaign’
CATHOLIC schools disagree with the assessment private school parents will be means tested as recomended by the Gonski review.
Long on ideas but short on details
ALEC O’Connell supports the principle that all schools should receive more money, especially those with disadvantaged students.
Parents must pay if kids to stay
CATHOLIC girls school Genazzano FCJ College boasts a “physically beautiful environment” in which to educate its 1100 girls.
Flat rate funding for students with disability: Gonski
STUDENTS with a disability should receive a flat rate of funding regardless of the type of school they are enrolled in, a new report has recommended.
Cheap as chips but worth so much more
FROM the outside, Rooty Hill High, in Sydney’s sprawling western suburbs, is your average Australian high school.
Call for body to lift investment
ALL school infrastructure projects should be approved by new dedicated state planning authorities.
$5bn blueprint to arrest decline
JULIA Gillard yesterday described the independent Gonski review only as “a good insight” and failed to endorse its approach.
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