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A ministerial speech on the Gillard government plan for major skills reform lacks the detail the VET sector is seeking, TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) has said. TDA chief executive Martin Riordan said the speech by Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Chris ...

The commonwealth ombudsman has praised the federal government’s changes to the school chaplaincy program but says "pastoral care" still needs defining. Last July then-ombudsman Allan Asher said the federal education department should review the chaplaincy code of conduct, strengthen complaint procedures and impose ...

A child protection group is calling on the federal government to fund an around-the-clock national helpline that provides advice to teachers and other professionals when they suspect a child is being abused. Child Wise launched its Listen Up campaign on ...

Principals in NSW would be forgiven if they were left confused by conflicting policy announcements from the NSW and federal governments last weekend. The NSW government on Sunday announced reforms to the state’s education system – among them enhanced principal ...

Children think face-to-face bullying is more harmful than cyber bullying but new research shows that perception to be false. The findings come as schools around the country prepare to celebrate a national day of action against bullying tomorrow, March 16. ...

ANALYSIS Having promised that no school would be worse off under the Gonski review’s proposed funding model, the federal government neutralised the greatest political risk: the spectre of an elite school hit list. That now leaves it dealing with the second ...

Jane Baker admits she used to think that teenagers played in garage bands purely for fun and the opportunity to “muck around with their mates”. Now she views garage bands as highly organised, goal orientated groups which place a high ...

With Australian waistlines expanding, keeping young people active remains an ongoing challenge. Numerous studies, here and overseas, show that as children move through adolescence, many drop out of physical activity, organised sport and recreation. While this is the case across ...

On January 19, Apple announced a new innovation in the field of education – digital textbooks on iPads. In true Apple style, the new iBooks 2 software for iPad was hailed as a revolution, with Apple encouraging K-12 school students ...

Cyber bullying is the number one cyber safety concern for teachers, according to a national survey involving over 1000 respondents. Strategies to assist young people to make good online decisions ranks number two, followed by strategies to assist parents help ...