An ambitious overhaul to South Australia’s early childhood education and care sectors has been launched following the sweeping recommendations from the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care. Commissioner Julia Gillard handed down her 43 recommendations to overhaul the ...
More »Call for universal preschool for three-year-olds in SA
Children as young as three could be attending preschool in South Australia following the recommendations of a Royal Commission report released on Tuesday. A Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care led by Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard was launched ...
More »Former PM to lead SA royal commission
Former PM Julia Gillard is set to lead a royal commission into South Australia's early childhood education sector to look at how the state can bring forward access to preschool by one year. Gillard’s appointment follows a pledge made by ...
More »Gillard launches aid to help with ‘constant worry’ of mental health
Teachers concerned about the mental health of students now have a new place to turn. Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard today launched Be You, a free resource that aims to better equip teachers and principals to nurture the mental health ...
More »Julia Gillard’s top five education policies: EduTECH 2018
Education always has been – and still is – central to Julia Gillard’s career. It is also clearly part of her core. The former Education Minister and 27th Prime Minister of Australia is now the chair of the Board of ...
More »Boost funding to improve international ranking
The Gillard government’s planned education reforms have not met with universal acceptance. By Antonia Maiolo and Aileen Macalintal Prime minister Julia Gillard suffered a setback in delivering her schools funding reform in April. There was less than total acceptance for ...
More »Staying in the top class
The PM's call to raise education standards faces an uphill battle over funding and debate over teaching standards. Australia's educational future is under threat. David Gonski led a review endorsing a $5 billion school reform package (on a yearly basis) ...
More »Grief over Gonski
Non-government school leaders are worried about the redirection of funding, saying it tips the scales too far to government schools. After a long and costly two-year process of research, analysis and consultations with key stakeholders across Australia, the education sector ...
More »Gillard $6.5bn answer on Gonski
The federal government has put pressure back on the states to implement its school funding system
More »We’re not building at schools facing closure: Gillard
The federal government is not funding projects being built under the Building the Education Revolution at schools facing closure, education minister Julia Gillard has said. More than a dozen schools which are the subject of consultation over possible closure next ...
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