Simon Birmingham met Catholic education representatives on Monday night, receiving such a haranguing that at times it was difficult for him to get a word in.
Students with disabilities are regularly segregated from their peers in the playground, classroom and lessons.
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‘Cage-like’ facilities, segregation, and high numbers of exclusions show the concerning ways schools have responded to challenging behaviours by students with disabilities.
Labor must explain how its additional funding will benefit students.
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The Turnbull government’s schools funding proposal ‘should be embraced by all sides of politics’ provided some adjustments are made, a Grattan Institute submission says.
How will policy changes affect schools?
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Labor has formally decided to try to thwart the government’s Gonski schools legislation, while the Greens are looking over their shoulder at what their base would think if they opt to back it. Meanwhile…
Africa’s public schools have problems, but charter schools and academies can’t fix everything.
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There are huge challenges in South Africa’s public schools. The question is whether using public-private partnerships is the correct way to address them.
Most schools will get a boost in funding, while universities will face cuts.
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Tanya Plibersek, shadow minister for education, told reporters recently that Australia is slightly below average when it comes to international funding for our schools. Is that right?
New evidence-based methods of teaching and learning are being taken up very slowly.
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A new VET student loan scheme will aim at putting a stop to rorting by dodgy private colleges. Education Minister Simon Birmingham says the new scheme is being built from the ground up.