Education
Is Direct Instruction enough to close the gap?
Literacy rates in remote and indigenous communities have long trailed the rest of Australia. Successive governments have enacted policies and......
What will my degree cost?
“To compete in the dynamic, global enterprise of international education, Australia needs world-leading higher education”, says Education Minister Christopher Pyne.......
The School Formal – creating a new tradition
A Victorian State School has told a year 11 Student that taking her best friend to the Debutant Ball would......
Music education absent from Australian schools, despite obvious benefits
88 per cent of independent schools receive specialist music education, and yet nearly 80 per cent of government schools go......
Disadvantaged students priced out of diplomas
The government is allowing students studying diplomas and advanced diplomas the opportunity to have a Commonwealth supported place from 2016.......
Chaplaincy program receives further funding
If you went to a state or public school you may have visited a school chaplain as part of your......
Students vow to fight until they win
Uni cuts, dumb cuts! Fund brains, not war plans! Standing up for women students! Banners like these were being waved......
Speech therapy boosting educational and cultural outcomes
The Cape York community in Far North Queensland has welcomed the appointment of their first full time speech pathologist. The......
Schools hurt as Gonski reforms are gone-ski
The federal government has cut short funding for the Gonski education restructuring program, and reigned back spending on education in......
Education voucher not value for money
There has been a lot of doom and gloom from the Commission of Audit, from proposed cuts to community radio......