WELLINGTON: There is no new money to offer teachers a bigger pay increase unless they wanted to burden their students with a future of paying off national debt, NZ Prime Minister John Key said yesterday. Nearly 60,000 Year 9 students ...
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NSW signals roll out of ethics classes
Ethics classes will be offered to all NSW public schools from mid-2011 following the release of an independent evaluation endorsing the recent pilot. The report by Dr Sue Knight from the University of South Australia said the course was “pedagogically ...
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They say you should never mix politics and religion. Little wonder then that the Schools Chaplaincy Program has become one of the most contentious issues in Australian education. The intensity of views, from all sides, makes the debates about national ...
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Mainstream media reporting is far more likely to deter young people from using illicit drugs than encourage their use, an Australian study has found. But the study also found that types of reports most likely to have the strongest impact ...
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A new alliance, ‘Because I am a Girl’, has been established to raise awareness about the plight of girls in developing countries and how investment in education helps break the poverty cycle. More than 30 well known Australians, including fashion-designers ...
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A survey of Australian Year 10 and 12 students has shown a surge in sexual activity over the past decade, and while awareness of HIV/AIDS remained high, so was the rate of risky sexual practices. "Rates of alcohol consumption among ...
More »Queensland persists with truancy efforts
School students skipping class aren't being served at local businesses under a new trial in Queensland that aims to reduce truancy. Schools currently have agreements with shops and police in Logan, Beenleigh, Cairns, Bundaberg, Gold Coast and Charters Towers. Director-General ...
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New research has reaffirmed the link between educational attainment and health outcomes. The report, commissioned by Catholic Health Australia, found the poorest Australians are dying on average three years earlier than the wealthiest. The Health Lies in Wealth report, released ...
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Generation One asked for hands across Australia, and more than 1100 schools put theirs up. The organisation, which aims to end indigenous disparity within a single generation, received a huge response to its video competition launched six weeks ago. Schools ...
More »Youth-focused bills re-introduced
Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has reintroduced two bills to parliament designed to protect young people. Hanson-Young's first set of draft laws would set up a dedicated education ombudsman to simplify the current complaints system for domestic and international students. ...
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