Garnaut takes the right stance. For so long, the big issue with emissions trading was how permits would be allocated. This was an issue not because it would matter for efficiency but it would determine how the costs of dealing with climate change would be shared. This distributional issue looms large in most economic reform efforts. Ross Garnaut has come…
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On deliberate practice. I am reading Richard Sennett's (2008) The Craftsman London; Allen Lane. It is a brilliant attempt to make explicit the implicit or tacit "knowledge" which underpins craft skill; and it fails. I've read a couple of reviews, such as Roger Scruton's in the Sunday Times and Fiona MacCarthy's in the Guardian. They are both respectful and enthusiastic,…
Career development standards revised. The Revised Professional Standards for Australian Career Development Practitioners (2007) will provide Australians with assurance that career development services provided by Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA) members are supported by published ethical and professional standards and fully implemented by 2012. A complete pdf version of the document is now on the CICA website. [edna education…
Cash or culture?. Farrah Tomazin has an interesting piece in today’s Age on strategies to improve the performance of Indigenous children in Victorian schools, identifying a divide between those who say ‘change the school culture’ and those who say ’spend more money’. [Andrew Leigh]
Family, school and community partnerships. The Minister for Education has announced funding of $800,000 for a unique Family-School and Community Partnership Bureau. The aim is to help develop partnerships between parents, schools and the community. [School Education Headlines]
Indigenous training network proposed. Jobs Australia (the national peak body for non-profit providers of employment and related services) will establish an Indigenous Training Network (ITN) to develop the capacity of Indigenous organisations and communities to deliver high quality vocational education and training (VET) to their communities. This initiative is jointly funded by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations…
Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia - Data only [Australian Bureau of Statistics]
Changing Income and Employment Opportunities in Australian Neighbourhoods
Staff in Australia's Schools survey. An Australian education survey released today highlights the urgent need to implement the Rudd Government's Education Revolution and ensure every secondary school student can participate effectively in a digital world. The Staff in Australia's Schools survey by the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) in collaboration with the Australian College of Educators (ACE) gathered information…