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Budget 2009: Few horrors but watch the future shock
The Budget increased funding for higher education and supported school infrastructure development. Many middle and upper income families will be pressured by tax, super and health impositions that could impact on independent school enrolment demand for another two years. Register to read full story...Jenny Allum comments on the proposed national curriculum
Leading NSW educationalist raises serious questions concerning the review processes and validity with implementing a national education curriculum. Register to read full story...When social networking leads to personal fracturing
Schools continue to tackle cyber bullying when some students exploit social network websites with inappropriate and potentially defamatory messages and images. Who’s to blame? Who’s addressing the problem? Register to read full story...Media rant on funding maintains sector bias
While Government funding incorporates all sector’s primary schools, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph chooses to pillory its allocation on a rich/poor classification. Maintaining misappropriate rage against the independent sector is contradicted by Government funding realities. Register to read full story...‘Temporary’ budget deficit will have anything but temporary outcomes for school enrolments
Enrolments in independent schools are not immune from Australia’s current economic downturn. The government’s 2009 – 2010 budget will provide a bell weather forecast regarding the severity of Australia’s recession and an indicator of the possible recovery timetable. Neither indicator is optimistic. Register to read full story...Constructive school evaluation or media judgement?
League table debate highlights the chief instigator of revealing school’s comparative differences – newspapers. The print media needs to report responsibly to provide balanced, non-emotive, non-cross sector review regarding new school reporting guidelines. Register to read full story...A bold skills training venture – an outlandish retention timetable
Improved student training is a commendable goal but will depend on considerable business partnering along with renewed VET initiatives. Announcing a Year 12 school retention rate of 90% by 2015 is pure political 'spin'. Such targets are blatantly unachievable. Register to read full story...Closing the gap or a bridge too far?
Indigenous education results and employment outcomes show some improvement but reveal that the Government’s 'closing the gap’ timetable may require re-assessment. Register to read full story...Much atwitt about nothing
The social networking site Twitter faces consumer realisation that its message format provides little more than ephemeral chatter. Can its self imposed 140-character communication content effectively convey alternative views and substantive debate? For people interested in serious information exchange probably not. Register to read full story...Budget ingredients – cutting a shrinking cake into smaller slices
Overall education funding could face May budget restraints if expenditure plans cannot be matched by tighter targets for government outlays and/or increased government revenue (aka higher taxes) imposts. Expect businesses and less welfare-dependent groups and individuals to bear the financial burden. Register to read full story...The career devil lies in the announcement detail
Teach for Australia recruitment could struggle to establish increased long term careers in teaching in the face of corporate partnering opportunities. The Education Minister even foreshadows new teachers will be lost to the corporate sector. Register to read full story...Teach for America – Australia style
Government recruitment strategy for new teachers involves a long term commitment. Teach for Australia will challenge traditional teaching career paths and upset the conventional teaching status quo. Register to read full story...National curriculum plus maintaining the transparency mantra
The Education Minister’s gratuitous platitudes on school reporting fail to address practical issues associated with national school data collection. ‘Transparency’ requires more substance than a ‘trust me’ attitude towards parents and educationalists. Register to read full story...Whatever happened to the National Schools Assessment and Data Centre?
Schools await announcement and decisions regarding the Rudd Government’s data centre. WA already operates an extensive public school online information website. Register to read full story...Ex-ALP leader criticises government’s education strategy
Former ALP leader Mark Latham challenges current education strategy on school reporting as ‘distractions from the core task’ (of education) while raising issues of student and family affiliation with education processes. Register to read full story...US voucher research shows mixed outcomes
US research on voucher scholarships shows improved student achievement in reading but little added improvement in maths over the three-year study. Student perception on school satisfaction and safety were little changed although parental perception on these characteristics was heightened. Register to read full story...New school funding split by architectural outcomes
Government funding allocation continues to divide education sectors. Critics say independent schools receive funding for more lavish facilities while the public education sector has to settle for more portables. Register to read full story...Drowning out the sound of music
Funding difficulties cut Juilliard program for talented young musicians. Can similar funding outcomes be avoided in Australia? Register to read full story...Bullying moves into cyberspace
Cyberspace bullying provides a chilling new responsibility for schools and parents. Register to read full story...Funding boost to Australian schools
Government funding handout raises equity issues and media criticism that wealthy 'private schools' have received money to upgrade 'already lavish' facilities. Register to read full story...Member Login
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