Teachers take control to quell violence
WHEN Stuart Blackwood became principal of a Perth primary school, teachers did little teaching — it was more about crowd control
Education
Gonski panellist slams funding neglect
A PANEL member of the Gonski review into school funding argues governments have turned their backs on public education
Schools’ power a matter of trust
SELF-management is not about ideology but about improving outcomes for students.
Mixed grades for kids’ laptop program
AN ambitious bid to give laptops to children across the world, including in Australia, is facing new scrutiny after criticism of its biggest single rollout, in Peru.
AEU blitz a class in bully tactics
IT’S not how much but how the money is spent that determines education outcomes.
Parents charged for school maintenance
SOUTH Australia is charging parents for maintenance of public school buildings and classrooms in a cost-saving measure.
Chaplains decision opens can of worms
A BILL to counteract the High Court decision may provide only a temporary fix.
Room for change as kids tame emotions
A SWEDISH approach to teaching emotional intelligence is gaining ground in schools here as a way to enourage better behaviour.
What’s wrong with our schooling
THE ‘education revolution’ is a social experiment gone horribly wrong.
Head says parents are the real pain
FOR one principal of 30 years’ standing in high schools, students are not the biggest problem facing teachers — it’s parents.
Indigenous gap widens at school
THE death rate of indigenous children is falling but their school attendance has worsened.
Discipline lesson lost on unruly kids
BEING sent out of class is viewed as a personal attack by most students, prompted by a teacher’s anger or dislike.
MySchool site earns OECD’s approval
LABOR’S MySchool website has been held up internationally as a leading example of reform to increase schools’ accountability.
Bid to close gap `destined to fail’
THE target to halve the gap in literacy and numeracy between black and white schoolchildren is destined for failure, according to a report that reveals one-quarter of NSW indigenous students are failing to achieve minimum targets.
Teachers’ credibility test
WHEN Peter Wilson started teaching, he could rely on having his students’ undivided attention for the 90 minutes of class time.
Father flags second chaplaincy bid
RON Williams warned he was prepared to launch fresh legal action to end the government’s funding for religious chaplains in schools.
Pearson denies cost of phantom students
NOEL Pearson has disputed that government funding for “phantom” students and millions in overpayments took place at a showpiece indigenous school in north Queensland.
With parents involved, success follows
NOT so long ago, Cairns West State School was dogged by seemingly insurmountable problems.
States refuse to buckle on cane
CORPORAL punishment can still be enforced in some independent schools because of a legal loophole in three states.
Teacher prefers force of fairness
DILYS Bossley remembers punishing a 14-year-old boy with a strap when she started teaching in 1957.
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