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Bracks rejects 'one size fits all' curriculum changes. Victorian Premier Steve Bracks says secondary school curriculum changes will be encouraged but not imposed. [ABC News: Breaking Stories] [Bill: Education - Australia]
It's Crunch Time. It's Crunch Time: Raising youth engagement and attainment. This discussion paper from the Australian Industry Group and the Dusseldorp Skills Forum [DSF] updates the picture and aims to stimulate debate and ideas on how young Australians can be better skilled and engaged. Drawing on what we know works, the paper urges more integrated policy and thinking in…
New OECD programme to test adult skills. Following its successful PISA programme for testing the educational attainments of 15-year old high-school students, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is launching a challenging new project to assess the knowledge and skills of adults. The OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will assess the level and…
Skilling Australia: our apprenticeship challenge. Why do half of all apprentices fail to complete their training? For a start, there's the issue of pay: with earnings just a fraction above the dole, ... [Central Ranges LLEN News]
Innovative mobile learning resource for schools is launched. Education innovator Futurelab today launched a free resource for schools that combines hands-on activity with state-of-the-art mobile technology to support learning that is both engaging and stimulating. Create-A-Scape enables young people aged 10 and upwards to learn while exploring their surroundings, using PDA handheld computers. [eGov monitor - Education]
State Candidates Surveyed 2006. Victorian State Election 2006 On behalf of the members and communities served by the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network Inc, the Board of the LLEN has asked each of the candidates contesting the Lower House State electorates of Macedon District, Seymour District and Ballarat East District in the upcoming State election to respond to…
Report on Government Services 2007: Education. The focus of the education section of this report is on performance information - equity, effectiveness and efficiency - for government funded education school and Vocational Education and Training in Australia. A Children's services report is available in Part F. The review provides information on the effectiveness and efficiency of Commonwealth, State and Territory…
Current ABC edPod. This edition is about teachers pay, rural education, getting city kids to go bush and communication orders. [School Education Headlines]