Bob Gosford takes a closer look at the crisis at the heart of the administration of remote education in the Northern Territory, examining attendance levels in Lajamanu, Alice Springs, which is about as remote as you can get in the NT.
Aboriginal education
NT education policy is a giant croc
Both state and federal governments are launching all kinds of madcap schemes to lure kids back to school in the NT. Hopefully this will lead to the beginning of the end for its “magic realist” education policy, writes Piers Kelly.
Marion Scrymgour: it’s time I said something
There is too much ongoing misinformation from whitefellas like Bob Gosford who can just walk away from the plight that faces our people, writes Marion Scrymgour.
Open letter to Marion Scrymgour
I believe our bilingual program has been working well because all our children who go to school in Yuendumu speak our Warlpiri language very well and we have strong Warlpiri families, writes Cecily Napanangka Granites.
Graduation Day in Wadeye
Monday’s academic ceremony was a triumph for the Wadeye community and for Batchelor Institute, writes Graham Ring.
Classroom English will be the death of Aboriginal languages
Retention of Aboriginal languages should matter to all of us, says longtime NT teacher Wendy Baarda.
Mapuru school kids “starving” for maths and English
If you are a black parent don’t expect your kids to get the same access to schooling as white kids. It just doesn’t work that way in the Northern Territory, writes Linda Miller.
Malcolm Fraser and Lowitja O’Donoghue: Without respect, this will not stand
While we must all hope that any measures introduced will assist Aborigines achieve their rightful place within the Australian community, a place that recognises their own history and culture, we must at the same time ask how the Government has come to this point?
