Schools
Truants let us reward thee
The Federal Government’s Low Socio-economic Status School Communities National Partnerships scheme is rewarding students for school attendance with fifty dollar......
Is the school building program a rort?
Primary School Principals have come out in support of the Government’s $16 billion school building program saying claims that the......
Are Australian schools violent?
A 13 year old boy has been charged with murder, after a fatal stabbing in a Brisbane private college yesterday.......
Extended links between truancy and welfare
The Federal Families Minister, Jenny Macklin, today announced that parents who receive Centrelink in the South East Queensland suburb of......
Are faith based schools fragmenting society?
Professor Andrew Jakubowicz is asking a difficult question: are faith based schools teaching students to be insular? In a paper......
Anti-Abortion Life Coaching in Schools
It has just been revealed that a life education program offered in public schools for Year Five and Six students......
The Comparison of Schools Online
The proposal by the Federal Governemnt to incorporate more transparency and accountability in the school system has been met with......
Schools can still say no to gay teachers
The fight to be considered equal in the eyes of the law is one that goes on and on for......
Bilingual schools on the way out?
The Northern Territory Education Department is failing in its attempt to have Territory schools in remote indigenous communities teach most......
Rudd plan: New buildings just as welcome as new teachers
Primary schools around the country are set to become building sites if Prime Minister Rudd‘s economic stimulus package goes through.......