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Catholic alternative to Safe Schools distributed to Melbourne schools
Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Melbourne have for the first time been given resources to help them support same-sex attracted and transgender students.
- by Henrietta Cook
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NSW rejection a death knell for NAPLAN: teachers
The federal government is digging its heels in saying it's an important tool for parents, but NSW and teachers want NAPLAN gone.
- by Jordan Baker
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Andrew Laming: this is what I really meant about teachers' pay
My call to pay teachers for every hour they work was misrepresented by vested interests as an attack on the profession.
- by Andrew Laming
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Curtin's 'crafternoons': Pet rocks and play time for Perth's best minds
Friendship bracelets, pet rocks and glitter paint. It's all part of this university's offerings for students.
- by Nathan Hondros
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Pay deal 'imminent' for Catholic teachers in ACT, NSW after dispute breakthrough
The new pay deal will cap meeting hours for teachers and increase mentoring for early career educators.
- by Sherryn Groch
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The bell rings for another round in the education war
Five minutes after businessman David Gonski dropped his review into schooling excellence – let’s call it Gonski Part 2 – the grown-ups were at it again.
- by Matt Holden
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NAPLAN is being used, abused and must be urgently dumped: Stokes
NSW is calling on the federal government to urgently replace the NAPLAN test, saying it is being misused and abused.
- by Jordan Baker
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Encounter made me realise I was wrong to oppose Safe Schools
Young trans people believed in me once. Then I dashed their hopes and broke their hearts. Redemption came from an unlikely quarter.
- by Catherine McGregor
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Andrew Laming should know teachers have it much tougher than MPs
Andrew Laming is a dill, and his latest denunciation of teachers is more likely a symptom of attention-seeking behaviour than anything else.
- by Madonna King
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A 38-hour week for teachers? Bring it on!
MP Andrew Laming thinks teachers should work a 38-hour week and have only four weeks of holidays per year.
- by Aaron Searle
Education
Dolly's parent hope blue hearts at school might curb bullies
The parents of Northern Territory teenager Dolly Everett want Australian schools to adopt a national 'blue heart' rating system on bullying and cybersafety.
- by Tracey Ferrier