Education
More support for Indigenous students up north
An Indigenous group at a Cairns university is paving the way to higher education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.......
Bilingual education key to closing Gap
A Federal Enquiry into language learning in indigenous communities has been swamped by submissions strongly supporting a bilingual approach. The......
Education a priority for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents see education as the most important thing for their children’s future. That’s the conclusion......
Ethics in the classroom
Teaching ethics to kids was always going to be tricky curriculum. Now, the ethics course being taught in schools across NSW......
Pre-school education program a triumph for disadvantaged communities
A report from Parliament House today announced that a pilot program providing early intervention education for underprivileged children has been......
Critics say truancy crackdown in NT doesn’t address root causes
In a widening of the Northern Territory intervention, the Federal government has announced plans to link school attendance with welfare......
Putting Indigenous history back in the classroom
A new history curriculum to be rolled out by the Federal Government in all Australian schools has been criticised by......
Kids teaching kids to save their own future
Over 650 school kids from all over Australia have met in Adelaide this week, to join in on the 2011......
Indigenous approaches to Kids Teaching Kids
Another facet of the 2011 Kids Teaching Kids Conference is its focus on Indigenous approaches to environmental sustainability. ...
Indigenous literacy on the shelves
What happens when a bunch of kids get together with successful children’s author Andy Griffiths? A lot of fun and......