Labor promises free TAFE
More than 600,000 students will be able to go to TAFE for free under a NSW Labor plan to address skill shortages.
Education
World-first work program launched
World-first training program to educate young people with Down syndrome and help them find meaningful employment is launched by a Melbourne charity.
Doubts over reading program data
A landmark study into a popular literacy program has been criticised for omitting data in its final evaluation report.
Role model shows what’s possible
Up and coming athlete James Widders-Leece never imagined he’d be mentoring indigenous students through high school.
Teachers push for same-sex reading
A group of teachers wants the English texts for secondary students to better reflect the nation’s diverse sexual identities.
Overseas student earnings hit $34bn
Australia’s booming education export sector has continued its rapid growth, hitting a record value of $33.9 billion last year.
Labor vows flood research cash for Southern Cross
A Labor government will give Southern Cross University $12.3 million for flood research.
Teachers in poll push for funding
The national teachers’ union is to unleash an army of members into marginal electorates in a bid for more school funding.
Indigenous scholars carve Oxbridge path
Before 2010 no indigenous students were doing a full-time degree at Oxford or Cambridge — now there are 17.
Political agendas ‘ruining’ learning
‘Twenty-first century skills’ such as creativity and intercultural understanding aren’t much use if you can’t read or write.
Apologies for HSC bungle
The NSW government apologises to high school graduates after they received HSC certificates printed with the wrong date.
Bias against vocational training ‘needs fixing’
Former NZ skills minister Steven Joyce says Australia needs to address its bias against vocational education in favour of unis.
Teachers ‘fear revealing impact of bad behaviour’
Inconsistent approaches to managing student behaviour is resulting in chaotic classrooms and stressed teachers, says Greg Ashman.
Teacher bullying out of control
Teachers must be given better training to manage classroom discipline, Education Minister Dan Tehan has said.
Graduate job hopes improving by degrees
Things continue to look up for university graduates, according to newly released figures — especially those in regional and remote areas.
SINGLE-SEX schools OFFER PARENTS A CHOICE
And they outperform coeducational institutions — so let parents decide.
one-sex schools failing students
Coeducational institutions teach them to compete as equals – as they must in life.
ALP: get smarter about dumbing down of teaching
Labor has announced plans to raise the bar on entry into teaching degrees in a bid to stop the “dumbing down” of the teaching profession.
Coming to grips with the millennial mind
Mathematics lecturer Clio Cresswell foresees a world divided into a numerate priesthood and an innumerate mass.
Laws that change from Jan 1
The tampon tax, energy bills, lifesaving medicines; all the laws that will change from New Year’s Day.
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