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DOLLARS & SENSE* The Gonski verdict is in. Not the final report, of course, it will be a few months before that appears, but the only conclusion that can be drawn from the last round of submissions is that the ...

The article headlined “NT digs in on English-only position” (Education Review, September 2011) deserves a response in the interests of balance and accuracy. The draft policy and associated guidelines, “Literacy Framework for Students with English as an additional language” can ...

SPECIAL REPORT International rates suggest dyspraxia affects one in 30 children, however, it is rarely diagnosed in Australia, as opposed to autism, of which there is a 300 per cent higher incidence here than overseas. Already there are voices in ...

POSTGRADUATE PROFILES 2011 Kristine Shead, Higher Research Degree (PhD) at University of Western Sydney I am already in the highest position in my career and I rarely teach. The main difference is in what I can now impart to other ...

The Gutsy Challenge, a national program with the two-fold aim of teaching children healthy eating habits and raising money for gastro-intestinal (GI) cancer research, has been so popular it has been extended into term four. The program is an initiative ...

The use of reward payments in the national partnerships had a perverse effect as it encouraged states to provide the funding to schools most likely to reach cut-off points linked to targets, rather than on student need, new research suggests. ...

Council-operated long day care centres are closing their doors in response to the federal government’s early years reforms, which councils argue make their centres financially unviable. Melbourne’s Bayside City Council announced on October 28 that it is closing both its ...

A group of up to 15 Aboriginal education officers working in regional NSW schools will be the first to enrol in a new Bachelor of Education degree that allows students to remain living in their communities while working towards becoming ...

Reflective of growing sentiment across Australia, the Western Australian Council of State School Organisations recently amended their health and safety policy to state that students at all existing and new schools in Western Australia “should have access to a health ...

SPECIAL REPORT When the Gillard government announced $200 million for students with disabilities in the budget in May this year, there was jubilation within the sector. For students, teachers and parents, the funding was a welcome response to many hard ...