How many remote Northern Territory schools have fallen below par in terms of attendance rates? NT Education Minister Chris Burns has spoken of a “bold new strategy” to curb falling attendance.
Indigenous education
Can My Schools close the gap?
The recently launched My School website is a perfect opportunity to use that transparency of school information and focus specifically on indigenous education, says Andrew Penfold.
Travel tips for media on the Close the Gap bus
In a lecture for Reconciliation Australia, Koori Mai Editor Kirstie Parker talks about the role that Australia’s media can play in helping to Close the Gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.
Indigenous education: a silent success story
By the end of this year, about 25,000 Indigenous people will have graduated from Australian universities. Less than three decades ago, there were fewer than 300 Indigenous graduates in tertiary education. Joe Lane documents this remarkable — but largely unreported — achievement.
Scrymgour dumped as NT education minister
NT Chief Minister Paul Henderson has acted and dumped Marion Scrymgour from the key portfolio of Education, writes Bob Gosford.
Now here’s a real kick in the guts for Gillard on Indigenous education
We are still none the wiser about what Julia Gillard’s pledge to spend $2.3 billion under “new arrangements” to combat Indigenous illiteracy and truancy might actually mean, writes Tess Lea.
