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Recent headlines . . .
Rich performance reports
NATIONAL - Education expert, Ken Boston, says that 'rich school performance reports' will help parents better understand the reasons why a school is performing as it is.
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Gillard supports Queensland plan
QLD - Education Minister Julia Gillard is strongly supporting Queensland's decision to publish comprehensive data on school performance in literacy and numeracy.
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Student suicide story not to go to air
VIC - The Victorian government has ruled that Channel Nine cannot screen a story about the recent series of student suicides at a Geelong school.
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Test preparation criticism
QLD - Many Queensland principals are criticising the State Government push to teach students how to prepare for National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests.
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No school and job
NSW - This article looks at youth employment and Brandon Hinneberg, a young person with no job and who does not attend school.
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Catholic schools oppose sexual education website
WA - A sexual education website created by the WA Government, called 'Get The Facts', has been shunned by Catholic schools.
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Job cut strike
VIC - Melbourne University staff will strike this afternoon after the announcement of 220 job cuts and more redundancies in the future.
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Unscrupulous education agents
NATIONAL - Immigration lawyer, Stewart Coulson, has said some education agents are exploiting international students by encouraging them to enroll in courses they would not regularly have chosen, to help improve their chances at gaining permanent residency.
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Opinion . . .
Gillard 'all style and little substance': opinion
NATIONAL - Ross Fitzgerald writes that Education Minister Julia Gillard may be 'out of her depth' and looks at her work on the 'education revolution'.
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Good news . . .
Culture class
NATIONAL - Research has found that intercultural training for educators can help the performance of Indigenous students.
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International
University application gap
UK - The Sutton Trust charity is to publish research that shows that high achieving state students are less likely to apply for place at a prestigious university than students from an independent school with similar grades.
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Education in Asia Pacific
ASIA PACIFIC - The report, 'Banking on Education', has said that world development banks need to help deliver education aid to the Pacific region to help overcome the education gap in the region.
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ACEL Noticeboard
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