Opportunities in post secondary education and training for people with a disability. Opportunities is a website designed to provide information for prospective and enrolled students with a disability or medical condition and for those working in, or with an interest in post secondary education. Opportunities provides information about post secondary education, training and employment for people with a disability or…
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Growing Up in Australia annual report available. "Growing up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children" is the first comprehensive study of children in Australia. The study is providing researchers and policy makers with data on a range of issues relating to children and families including childcare, children's health and development, parenting and work-family balance. The newly released 2005-06…
Victoria's plan to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes. Victoria has now released a draft literacy and numeracy plan for community consultation. The paper sets out a ten year vision for the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments to work together to: value good teaching and ensure the best teachers possible in all schools; build a culture of improvement in schools; and direct…
Aussie rules program lifting school attendance, director says. Abc.net.au - Sat Mar 24, 04:40 am GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education]
Julia Gillard's schools - Alice in Fundingland. Julia Gillard is making serious errors in trying to blur the distinctions between public and private schools. By editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Chris Bonnor). [On Line Opinion - Latest Articles]
Education Dept figures on school enrolments. Abc.net.au - Sat Feb 21, 02:52 am GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education]
The latest evidence on whether education policy is improving Britain's skills base. The returns to a university degree in Britain are still high by international standards, suggesting that there is, as yet, no oversupply of graduates. At the same time, some of the new vocational qualifications have very low or minimal economic value. And basic skills continue to have very…
Climate change expert backs economic impact warnings. The Professor of Global Change at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Peter Grace, says predictions of the economic cost of climate change are becoming more reliable. [ABC News: Breaking Stories]
edu 2.0: web-based education for school and home. edu 2.0 is a free web-based education service for teachers, students and parents. It aims to provide comprehensive education using third party web sites. In this model: communities of teachers and students use third-party web sites to share and experience materials; materials can be quickly authored, classified, browsed, shared and combined; classroom…