Getting public transport is a nightmare. Then school starts, writes Trevor Diogenes.
Education in australia
Lowbottom High Diaries: Good morning sunshine
The digital divide holding back disadvantaged kids
Children whose parents do not have a computer, or cable TV or a DVD player, or cannot afford monthly internet service bills will be at a serious disadvantage in the future, Drs Patricia and Don Edgar write.
Lowbottom High Diaries: History written by committee
Teachers have been invited to join with hairdressers in deciding their futures by responding to the current draft of the national curriculum, writes Trevor Diogenes.
Schools Assistance Bill is a victory for Gillard
Whether Julia Gillard is, as Malcolm Turnbull says, “very nasty” or not, she gets results, writes Bernard Keane.
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.
Finally, the beginning of a narrative
With the truancy-welfare bill and yesterday’s education announcements, Rudd has adopted some decidedly Howardesque policy positions, writes Bernard Keane.
Questions for Jenny Macklin
Some questions concerning the proposed Federal law to fine parents of non-attending students.
Labor’s higher education plan: questions for Stephen Smith
There a few key elements to winning a federal election, and good policy is undoubtedly among them. With Labor pitching for the top job, their policies will come under increasing scutiny as polling day approaches. Here, Crikey asks Stephen Smith for details on Labor’s tertiary education plan.
