Mental Health Minister Mark Butler is concerned about possible over-reaction to clinical experts' advice after three-year-olds are screened under the new Healthy Kids Check program. The program, which starts on July 1, will be predominantly managed by GPs who will ...
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Calling Stronger Smarter educators
Educators who have transitioned from talking about closing the gap to actually doing it are being called upon to share their stories at an upcoming summit. Glenroi Heights Public school in the NSW central west town of Orange has converted ...
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The federal government has provided details of building costs for its school halls stimulus program to an academic, a Senate committee has been told. The $16.2 billion Building the Education Revolution (BER), designed to combat an expected economic downturn due ...
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NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli says he is "very angry" that Australia's most populous state is missing out on $35 million of funding for literacy and numeracy. A national report on literacy and numeracy has found that NSW is lagging ...
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Thousands of Victorian public school teachers have voted to walk off the job next week in their bid for better pay and conditions. The state government has offered teachers annual pay rises of 2.5 per cent, with any further increases ...
More »Calls for action on Gonski measures
One of the architects of the Gonski school funding reforms says an independent resourcing body must be set up now or the government risks losing the private schooling sector's faith. Ken Boston, who was on the panel led by David Gonski ...
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A lack of information, as well as stress and pressure from family and friends, may be preventing parents of children with ADHD from considering all their treatment options, a study has found. Research from the University of Western Sydney indicates ...
More »Disabled student funding model questioned
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has brushed off concerns that some schools will suffer under new disability funding arrangements, saying "the new system reflects the realities in schools today". The state opposition says government plans to overhaul the way funds are ...
More »School kids bonus passes Senate
The federal government has succeeded in fast-tracking legislation that will see more than one million families with school children receive a cash bonus next month. Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan last week talked up the Schoolkids Bonus, ...
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A stop work meeting by NSW teachers planned for tomorrow morning will go ahead, the teachers federation says. The federation said its executive met yesterday morning after the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) ordered the union to consider rescheduling its strike action until after school. ...
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