March 2010 News Articles
Students with Disabilities Seek Legislation Changes
18 March 2010
Hundreds of children with disabilities from government and non-government schools, along with their parents and teachers, marched on Parliament House this week, demanding that the Australian Government include extra funding for special needs schools in its education revolution.
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Youth Allowance Resolution
17 March 2010
The Australian Government and Coalition have finally resolved a Parliamentary impasse over changes to student income support.
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My University
3 March 2010
Following the roll out of the Australian Government’s controversial My School website, the Australian Government Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Ms Julia Gillard, has outlined plans to expand the government’s transparency and accountability agenda with the development of an equivalent site for Australian universities. Read more here...
Australian Curriculum Consultation
1 March 2010
The proposed national curriculum is an opportunity to examine subjects and teaching practices to identify ways of achieving better educational outcomes in Australia
- writes Michelle Green, Chief Executive, Independent Schools Victoria. Read more here...
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