School Education
Year of the Gorilla 2009
2009 is the Year of the Gorilla.
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CEGSA 2009
Registration is now open for the CEGSA 2009 Annual State Conference to be held 7-8 July 2009 at the Australian Science and Mathematics School, Flinders University, Adelaide.
Latest school news
- Wide gaps between NSW schools
- New South Wales Education Minister Verity Firth has revealed that schools with similar student demographics have big differences in their results. ABC News, 3 July 2009.
- League tables fine crazy, says Gillard
- Education Minister Julia Gillard has branded as 'crazy' laws allowing newspapers to be fined $55,000 if they publish league tables comparing school results. The Age, 3 July 2009.
- New student income support estimator released
- The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard has released a student income support estimator to help students plan their future study. Minister for Education, 2 July 2009.
- One class size does not fit all
- Abandoning the flawed philosophy of 'one class size fits all' would do more to lift literacy and numeracy standards in Queensland schools than new tests for teachers, their union says. Brisbane Times, 2 July 2009.
