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Waiting for Godot – sorry Gonski
10:49 PM 07 March 2012.
Category:
Political
The Gonski Report appears doomed to follow the government's Henry Tax Review - commendable recommendations that will fail to be implemented because of economic pressure and a crippling political environment facing the Gillard government.
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Gonski Report – hijacked by political turmoil
01:00 AM 28 February 2012.
Category:
Political
The Gonski Report will be seen as an aspirational objective by a federal government beset by political turmoil rather than a blueprint for practical school funding reform.
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‘Cause ev’ry thing old is new again’
01:35 AM 09 February 2012.
Category:
Political
School status research should exame longer term longitudinal changes involving sector differences rather than focussing on current SES modelling only.
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Gonski – the uncertainty continues
11:10 PM 31 August 2011.
Category:
Funding
Four initial reports to the Gonski Review fail to deliver any concrete direction regarding future school funding. Given other combative forces impacting on the Gillard Government increased politicisation of the funding debate appears inevitable. Read More...
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Analysing Gonski
02:02 AM 02 August 2011.
Category:
Political, Funding
Critics of recurrent funding to the non-government school sector seek to selectively influence decisions from the Gonski Review. Some of their assumptions should be challenged to create a balance debate on this contentious government issue. Read More...
AEU continues to make the running on school funding
12:21 AM 06 February 2012.
Category:
Political
AEU promotion campaigns highight the inability of independent schools to adequately address community understanding of school funding.
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Government rhetoric cannot deny failing education reality
09:32 PM 05 February 2012.
Category:
Political
The Prime Minister's glib commentary on her government's supposed education improvements lacks credibility in the face of implementation reality.
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Another rushed policy debacle avoided
10:33 PM 09 August 2011.
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Political
Rushed implementation of the national school curriculum has been delayed by the NSW government. Canberra is unhappy because it challenges the predictably flawed policy implementation pattern which has symbolised the Rudd and Gillard governments since 2007. Register to read full story...