Chinese, Italian lead new curriculum

EVERY student will be required to study a second language for at least 300 hours before year 7, with Chinese and Italian the first to be taught under the national curriculum.

Coalition would scrap curriculum

THE federal Coalition is prepared to scrap the national curriculum and rewrite it if it returns to government.

'Flawed' national curriculum faces axe under Coalition

THE Coalition plans to scrap the national curriculum and rewrite it if it wins government.

National curriculum in doubt

CONFIDENCE in the national education agenda was unravelling yesterday after independent schools called for the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority's board to resign over "inaccuracies" in information to be published on the My School website.

Former teacher keen to shape new curriculum

THE agency charged with delivering the Federal Government's national curriculum and schools transparency agenda is to be led by a former geography teacher who has helped transform school systems on five continents.

Students Lend A Helping Hand

Programs involving pupils in community service are now considered key aspects of many schools' curriculums.

Curriculums In Line By 2011, Pm Promises

SCHOOLCHILDREN would be studying the same curriculum in maths, English, science and history by 2011, regardless of which state or territory they lived in, the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, vowed yesterday.

More Oz Lit In Schools

THE State Government will introduce more "home-grown" Australian literature into primary and high school curriculums.

Principals Agree: Cut Out Social Subjects

PRIMARY school curriculums have too many subjects and schools are too underfunded to meet standard requirements for English, maths and science, a national study of principals has found.

Bishop Wrong-footed By A Class Act

SOMETIMES it takes a bunch of nerdy kids to ask the hard questions. Like what was Julie Bishop actually on about when she said some themes in school curriculums were straight from Chairman Mao?

Union Report Says Government 'lies' About School Performance

THE Howard Government has lied about school results, unfairly attacked the quality of teaching and disparaged curriculums to impose federal control over education, a report says.

A Nation Finds Ways To Tie Itself In Knots

YESTERDAY was not an auspicious day for Australian federalism. The ideas of the federal Minister for Education, Julie Bishop, on merit pay for teachers have gone completely by the board at the meeting of state and federal education ministers in Darwin. And the national curriculum is out, too, though the ministers involved did not put it that way. Instead they announced they would be working towards a nationally consistent set of curriculums, and a national benchmarking authority. That sounds ...

Teachers Feel The Pressure

ILLAWARRA primary school teachers, already struggling with expanding curriculums, are now being asked to perform the role of parents, principals claim.

Pm To Have His Way On Education

THE states will be forced to introduce more nationally consistent curriculums as a condition of federal funding, Prime Minister John Howard has revealed.

Fads, Sludge Eroding Education, Pm Says

John Howard has stepped up his assault on "politically-correct" school curriculums, saying new-age teaching fads were undermining educational standards.

Howard Attacks 'fad' Schooling

THE stoush over education is set to escalate with the Federal Government announcing a national inquiry into academic standards just hours after Prime Minister John Howard launched a savage attack on school curriculums, claiming some contained "incomprehensible sludge".

Climate Change Is A Hot Topic In Education

Business schools need to integrate sustainability into their curriculums, writes Wayne Gumley.

A Broad View Is The Key To The Best Education

THE latest comments from the federal Education Minister, Julie Bishop, signal that the public debate over school curriculums has descended to a farcical level with McCarthyist overtones. For the record: I was not a guest speaker at a "Marxist centenary conference".

Standard School Curriculums

Standard school curriculums

Minister To Seek Federal Curriculum Takeover

THE Federal Government is investigating a takeover of school curriculums, arguing millions of dollars is being wasted by the states and territories writing separate curriculums.