Noel Pearson will take control of a trouble-plagued indigenous college in north Queensland after its independent board agreed to transfer ownership to an organisation headed by the aboriginal leader. Djarragun College, located at Gordonvale, south of Cairns, was once described ...
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Victorian children with refugee backgrounds have a higher likelihood of living in poverty, according to a landmark report. The Refugee Status Report examined how refugee children and adolescents fare across health, wellbeing and learning benchmarks on arrival and during settlement ...
More »Slow down childcare reforms: PC
Childcare providers have called on the federal government to slow the rollout of its planned reforms to the sector until it can afford to fund them entirely. A draft Productivity Commission report into Australia's early childhood development workforce has found ...
More »Union ramps up IR campaign
NSW Teachers took their industrial relations campaign to the Premier’s office on Tuesday, demanding the NSW government roll back its contentious public sector wages laws. About 200 teachers on Tuesday rallied in Farrer Place, outside Governor Macquarie Tower, to protest ...
More »Backdown, of sorts, on school closures in Tasmania
Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings says she is determined to make cuts from the state's education system, despite her government's backdown on a decision to close 20 schools. The government announced last month it would consider closing 20 schools around the ...
More »Funding issue splits IEUA from ACTU
The national union representing non-government school officers has split from the peak union body ACTU in an historic move. The Independent Education Union of Australia (IEUA), which represents 68,000 workers, wrote a scathing letter to the ACTU, accusing it of ...
More »Suicide prevention needed in schools, says committee
Courses to help tackle youth suicide should be a core part of the curriculum of all Australian schools, a parliamentary committee has said. The Standing Committee on Health and Ageing also wants all teachers to be trained to recognise suicide ...
More »How teachers plan their careers
Research investigating the factors that contribute to teachers’ career decision-making is now underway. The study will focus on career decision-making of police officers and teachers who stay in these professions or enter new careers. It is hoped the information gained ...
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New OCED research on students’ use of technology will be a useful guide for school leaders in assessing the use and deployment of digital technologies in their schools, independent school principals have said. The Association of Heads of Independent Schools ...
More »Students use their noodle to doodle
Students across Australia are being asked to use their imagination and show their vision for ‘my future Australia’, as part of a national competition. Schools this month will be sent an information pack on the ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition, targeting ...
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