Tasmanian Times
Education
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927100 days, 40 failures: a preview of a secretive, cruel and chaotic government. MYEFO
Releasing a list of the Abbott government’s top failures, the Australian Greens say the first 100 days have been a secretive, cruel...
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STATE: Boganland and Jacqui. Education lag. Greens’ poll surge. Marti row. Power.
POLITICS: • Mercury: Jacqui Lambie hits back at ‘Boganland’ title, saying ‘I’m for the underdogs’ Extract: PALMER United Party Senator-elect Jacqui Lambie...
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We don’t need no Edyewcaashon …
We don’t need no educashun. We don’t need no Gonski. Nuffink wrong with literacy here in Channel Court, Kingston Christopher Pyne. ABC...
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Tasmania: The Lag. The Schools. The Forestry Tasmania losses. The Brenton bitch …
Western Australia remains the top performer but the fortunes of all the states and territories are expected to improve, following the election...
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Education: Change is easy – it’s improvement that’s difficult
The Mercury editorial of 25 January (2012) deplored the fact that education standards in Tasmania are still among the lowest in the...
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There is certainly no silver bullet, but …
Regular readers by now will know I am a bit of a political junkie – and a holiday away from newspapers, Twitter...
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Education expert in push to put literacy specialists in all Tasmanian schools
An education policy expert wants specialist literacy and numeracy teachers in every Tasmanian school. The state has the lowest level of Year...
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State to get tough on bullies
ATTORNEY-General Brian Wightman has vowed to review Tasmania’s anti-bullying laws. The pledge by Mr Wightman comes in the wake of a public...
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Say ‘no to Taib’s blood money’
A Facebook campaign is underway to pressure University of Adelaide in Southern Australia to say ‘no’ to Taib Mahmud’s support. KUCHING: A...
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Declines in State Spending Lead to Soaring Student Debt
First in a three-part series about ever-rising student debt levels in the United States. The second and third articles will look at...
