Union blitz robs classroom aides
Teacher aides were pulled out of class to meet union organisers conducting a “blitz” of state schools.
Education
Purple Day sending us puce
The Australian Education Union is using the education system and schools to radically reshape society.
Program ‘works, but needs more’
A program that fast-tracks some of our brightest graduates without teaching degrees into classrooms has got a tick.
Fresh swipe at radical left
Tony Abbott is ‘appalled’’ by NSW Education attempts to reintroduce the Safe Schools program.
Daycare push to scrap Oz Day
A push is on to sideline Australia Day in preschools and childcare settings with some educators supporting a ban.
Safe Schools link ‘oversight’
NSW bureaucrats apologise for putting the program back on an education website, after Peter Dutton called for sackings.
Pens down: theft halts HSC, again
NSW Police are investigating a second security breach at a Sydney school which has had to reschedule three HSC trial exams.
Safe Schools makes a return
Bureaucrats tried to sneak Safe Schools back on to the NSW curriculum despite a ban on the gender diversity program.
‘Mad leftie council over the top’
Tony Abbott links same-sex marriage debate to decision by a Melbourne council to move Australia Day celebration date.
Business backs tertiary ‘brake’
Business is backing higher education reforms, saying they will help determine whether universities are delivering.
Cuts ‘threaten’ quality of unis
There have been productivity gains but some official expectations may be misplaced, says researcher Keith Houghton.
Campaign lures girls to maths
Selfies have been recruited to highlight how studying maths can open up a wealth of life-changing possibilities.
STEM sell gets girls involved
Demonstrating that maths and sciences is a springboard to worthwhile careers is the key to engaging female students.
Students’ mental health in crisis
Confidential documents expose high rates of mental health stress among Victorian children as young as seven.
Campaign to reverse Gonski
Catholic education leaders are mounting a fresh campaign against an amendment to the Gonski 2.0 funding changes.
Kids get ready as China calls
At an age when most children are tackling English basics, Adelaide students are getting their minds around Mandarin.
Pearson won’t retreat on program
Noel Pearson has vowed to ‘double down’ on his signature rollout of Direct Instruction teaching in bush schools.
Budget warning as reforms stall
Australians remain in denial about the need for urgent budget repair, former audit head Tony Shepherd warns.
‘Don’t mention Jesus’
Children will be discouraged from inviting school friends to church-run events under Qld’s latest religious crackdown.
Anti-vax principal resigns
The principal of a Steiner school in Perth has resigned after he had failed to set up an on-site immunisation clinic.
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