Business 'slow to help schools'
19/3/10: FORMER Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has accused big business of not doing enough to help schools improve, and has challenged the private sector to play a greater role in funding and shaping public education. Read the full article...
Single plan in primary school funding
19/3/10: PRIMARY school principals across the country are asking for a single national model of school funding allocated according to the need of each student regardless of whether he or she is in the private or public sector. Read the full article...
State probe into BER contracts
18/3/10: The NSW opposition and the Greens combined yesterday to force a parliamentary inquiry into the school building program, focusing on the fees and charges levied by the state government and the managing contractors. Read the full article...
Gillard in deal on youth allowance
17/3/10: THE 150,000 university students living in limbo over changes to youth allowance have finally been given some certainty after the government and opposition struck a deal set to be rushed through the Senate today. Read the full article...
Numbers game we can win
17/3/10: AS the Group of Eight's review of education in mathematics, data science and quantitative disciplines points out, there has been a decline in the quality and quantity of students completing mathematics at the high school and university levels. Read the full article...
Yearn to earn put on hold as students stick to education
17/3/10: MORE young people are opting to learn rather than earn, with the proportion of those staying on in education instead of taking a job increasing in the past 10 years. Read the full article...
Online schools portal goes live
16/3/10: IT WAS hailed by the state government as the computer project that would revolutionise public schools. Now, after four years of hype, a controversial tender process and $77 million in taxpayer funding, it's here. Read the full article...
Classrooms being turned into mini-jails
15/3/10: SCHOOLS are turning into mini-jails in which teachers must act as wardens, as violence increasingly leads to lockdowns and court orders. Such lockdowns have almost tripled since 2006. Read the full article...
Students missing out on lessons about birds and bees
15/3/10: AFTER finishing year 12 at a Melbourne state high school last year, Zoe Davies has plenty to say on what she didn't learn about sex at school: "We learned about pregnancy, about how babies grow. We didn't really learn about sex. In year 9 we learned about the names for parts of the body but after that we had maybe one class in year 11." Read the full article...
Creationism ban a test of faith for religious schools
15/3/10: THE Association of Independent Schools is seeking legal advice on the banning of creationism or intelligent design in the science curriculum. Read the full article...
Schools must teach thinking
14/3/10: THE man who coined the term ''lateral thinking'' has called on Education Minister Julia Gillard to include thinking on the national school curriculum. Read the full article...
Push to extend education benchmark tests to reception
12/3/10: TSTUDENTS should be tested nationally on basic reading and writing skills from as young as five, an education expert says. Head of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Dr Peter Hill said he was "quite keen" to investigate extending the national literacy and numeracy test (NAPLAN) to reception students. Read the full article...
