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Curriculum approach is classic Gillard
Lack of consultation and inadequate time to prepare for changes symptomatic of education minister out of touch with how schools operate.
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More league tables signal a new low
Unions nationwide committed to non-cooperation with NAPLAN if government refuses to act.
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Angry TAFE teachers stand up for their rights
Town Hall strike meeting calls on State Government to negotiate for an overdue fair settlement.
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Primary Activists Conference
Funding available to attend gathering that will develop strategies for campaign on staffing, conditions and release time.
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November 2000

The President Writes

Both sides of politics must take blame for funding
Australia is a bizarre country when it comes to education funding.

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Funding

Labor set to pass States Grants Bill
The Labor Party has stood in the way of progressive amendments to the controversial States Grants Bill when it was debated in the Senate.

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Collegiates

Breakthrough on staffing and resourcing of collegiates
Federation and the DET have reached agreement regarding the staffing and resourcing of college groups (collegiates). The agreement ensures the Department cannot use the formation of college groups as a cost-cutting exercise.

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Funding

Union calls for expedited private school report
An independent review of the state�s private school sector is to be conducted, Education Minister John Aquilina has announced.

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Media

Telegraph apologises to Mt Druitt students
The Daily Telegraph has published an apology to the 1996 HSC class at Mount Druitt High School.

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Funding

Countering the Government�s spin on the States Grants Bill
The Federal Government's defence of its proposed funding model based on census districts and socio economic status (the �postcode SES model�) for private schools is dependent on a number of unsustainable propositions.

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TAFE

Aquilina snubs Seaforth idea
Education Minister John Aquilina has rejected a proposal to operate a community college with a TAFE component at the Seaforth TAFE site.

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Public education

Fund ready to make an impact
The Public Education Fund has already collected about $900,000. Expenditure of money will begin in 2001.

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Funding

Sigrid seeks change in funding
Actors Sigrid Thornton and William McInnes from the popular TV show SeaChange, food writers Stephanie Alexander and Gabriel Gate and Olympic gold medallist Natalie Cook are just a few of the 120 people who signed an open letter to Federal Senators protesting at the Federal Government�s education funding proposals.

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TAFE

Funds to be frozen
Cuts to Commonwealth funding of TAFE have reached outrageous proportions and the situation threatens to deteriorate even further.

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Professional issues

Taking students with special needs on overnight excursions
Where teachers are requested to take children with disabilities and/or children who require extensive medication to camp or on overnight excursions, a risk assessment should be completed prior to taking the children, writes BRENDA SEYMOUR.

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