The great school sell-off: schools closed for the land

Posted on Friday November 14, 2008

The battle over schools continues with a revelation that the Stanhope Government closed schools according to their capacity to earn a quick dollar from real estate sales. >> Read on...

League tables used in ACT school closures

Posted on Tuesday October 14, 2008

Schedules to Freedom of Information (FOI) papers and the findings of a related Administrative Appeals Tribunal hearing provide strong evidence that the results from student literacy and numeracy testing, were used in the 2006 school closures. >> Read on...

Student Outcomes Stagnate Under Stanhope Government

Posted on Saturday September 20, 2008

Save Our Schools has released a 55-page study which shows that student outcomes in the ACT have stagnated since 2001 when the Stanhope Government was first elected. SOS spokesman, Trevor Cobbold, said that the report is a damning indictment of the Government’s record in education. >> Read on...

ALP Education Policy is an Admission of Failure

Posted on Friday September 19, 2008

The education policy announced by the ALP is an admission of Government failure in education over the past 7 years. >> Read on...

More Meaningless Rhetoric on Community Consultation

Posted on Sunday July 27, 2008

The Chief Minister’s proposals for the reform of community consultation processes in the ACT amount to more meaningless rhetoric from a Government under pressure. >> Read on...

Do Smaller Classes Make a Difference and is it Cost Effective?

Posted on Sunday July 27, 2008

The Liberal Party proposal to reduce class sizes from about 30 to 21 in Years 4-6 in government schools will be popularly received. However, across the board reductions in class sizes are expensive and there are more cost effective ways to improve student outcomes. < >> Read on...

ACT Government is in a Dither over Closed School Sites

Posted on Wednesday June 18, 2008

The ACT Government is in a complete dither about what to do with the closed school sites. >> Read on...

SOS Briefing Paper - Minister for Education Disowns Budget Figures

Posted on Thursday May 29, 2008

At the Budget Estimates hearings last week on education, the Minister for Education, Andrew Barr, effectively disowned the Chief Minister’s budget figures. >> Read on...

False Claims by Minister on ACT Budget

Posted on Tuesday May 20, 2008

Claims by the ACT Government that it is increasing per capita funding for government schools in 2008–09 are false and contrary to its own Budget papers. >> Read on...

Barr's divide and conquer strategy

Posted on Tuesday April 29, 2008

The real motive of ACT Education Andrew Barr in attacking the Canberra Liberals plan to reopen empty schools appears to be a more sinister attempt to repeat the divisive tactics he succesfully used in the 2006 shcool closure campaign.< >> Read on...

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