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A quarter of Australians have witnessed or experienced workplace bullying, today’s Essential Report reveals.

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The penny is about to drop for the schools lobby, and Christopher Pyne is having a good time giving it a push.

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Early indications of what the next federal government wants to do about schools are beginning to appear. They are not promising.

It’s hard to square ‘Labor values’ with a budget that does virtually nothing for education, writes Crikey economist John Quiggin.

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The Gonski funding formula is sound but unlikely to ever get up - it requires too much of the states.

Crikey media wrap: A landmark report into Australian education that calls for an overhaul in education funding was greeted with a lukewarm reception by the government.

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“When the end of the mining boom comes, where will Australia be?” asked Suzanne Cory, the president of the Australian Academy of Science, in a National Press Club address today slamming Australia’s lack of investment in science education.

Why are Australian-born children of Chinese parents so successful? SBS examines the constant coaching, love of selective public high schools and drive for education of Chinese-Australian students in a fascinating video series.

News Corporation plans to become a leading provider of educational materials within five years, aiming for about 10% of total revenue to come from this source.

You don’t blame the individual soldiers if the war is lost, you blame the generals and the military chiefs. So why do Americans blame teachers for the issues happening in education? asks author Dave Eggers and educator Ninive Clements Calegari.

Was it really a surprise to anyone that private schools get more funding than public schools? There’s nothing in the new improved My School that encourages a discussion about education improvement, writes Dan Haesler.

When it comes to employment, Australia’s is a mixed economy dominated by one employer — the state.

Advocates of government funding for private schools may argue governments save money by subsidizing students. In reality, however, the cost to government of educating students in public or Catholic schools is roughly the same, says Chris Bonnor.

The intention of the national history curriculum is — or should be — for Australian students to understand how their world became, writes Chris Berg, of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program.

When it comes to Christopher Pyne, lawyer, republican and politician, a couple of things. First, as a lawyer, it is always important to read documents carefully, writes Tony Taylor co-editor of the upcoming History Wars and the Classroom: Global Perspectives.

Labor’s reputation on the issues that influence voting intention continues to worsen.