Education
Increasing special exam privileges for students with mental illness
Friday, August 14 2015
Rising exam pressures has led to more students seeking special exam privileges intended to help the mentally and physically disabled.......
Domestic violence curriculum introduced to schools
Wednesday, August 12 2015
As the conversation around domestic violence evolves the focus is now shifting to how we prevent it from happening. Suggestions......
Students protest ‘death of academic integrity’
Thursday, August 6 2015
The Abbott government is attempting to find a new home for controversial climate change researcher Bjorn Lomborg, this time at......
TAFE risks being destroyed by privatisation
Monday, August 3 2015
De-funding TAFE will simply exacerbate the skills shortage – how about The Greens $1.2 billion TAFE rescue package – would......
Greens call for free university education
Friday, July 31 2015
Education hasn’t been a big point scorer for the Abbott government and now the Greens are hoping to capitalise on......
Inclusion the focus for safe schools
Thursday, July 30 2015
Making schools inclusive for students who are same sex attracted, intersex and gender diverse is all encompassing and involves coordination......
Indigenous leaders call for curriculum overhaul
Tuesday, July 28 2015
Indigenous students are often asked to leave their cultural identity behind when they walk through the doors of the classroom.......
Single-sex schools in decline
Tuesday, July 21 2015
Boys in one and girls in the other is an educational model that’s been around for ages, but change may......
Taiwan’s Chinese Education
Thursday, July 16 2015
Taiwanese students are protesting ‘China-centric’ changes to high-school curriculum guidelines, taking action against the ‘black box’, or non-transparent, policy-making processes,......
Schools in disability funding crisis
Tuesday, July 14 2015
Children with disabilities across the nation are missing out on funding after the Abbott Government broke its election promise to......