Tag: education reform

Tests of a sample population of Year 4 and Year 8 students across 58 countries show our students are getting better at literacy and numeracy.

A leadership showdown between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her detractors could be put off until after Labor's landmark schools funding legislation passes federal parliament.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hit back at the Newman government’s ban on federal Education Minister Peter Garrett visiting schools in the state by ordering all Labor MPs to stand outside school gates and push the Gonski reforms to parents that are dropping off and collecting their children.

Federal Education Minister Peter Garrett has been banned from setting foot on the campus of any Queensland school, with the Newman Government claiming that it was taking action to prevent the state’s educational facilities from becoming “the venue for the Gonski media roadshow.”

Several weeks after having a sandwich thrown at her during a school visit in Queensland, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been forced to dodge more projectile food while announcing the Australian Capital Territory’s signing up to the Gonski education reforms at Canberra's Lyneham High School.