An end to funding discrimination affecting students with disability, religious freedom, and the capital needs of the growing Christian schools sector head our list of issues for the parties and candidates in this election.
As part of our ongoing advocacy on behalf of Christian schools each Federal election we seek detailed and specific commitments from the major parties in relation to key issues of concern to Christian schools.
If it was up to ACARA, paper-based tests would be a thing of the past.
The Coalition will match the Government's new funding arrangements for schools, Tony Abbott has annonced at CSA member St Andrews Christian College.
Following the Government’s announcement of the discontinuation of the ‘statutory formula method’ we have collated further information for Christian schools about the impact.
Following on from Fair Work Australia’s decision to approve an increase in the Federal Minimum Wage, an increase in rates apply from the first pay period starting on or after 1 July for those schools who may be paying their staff in accordance with the Modern Awards 2013.
The much anticipated details of the Government's education reforms are now before the Parliament.
Today the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) released the final version of the Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum: Geography, which will soon be taught to all Australian school students.
In a first for the Federal Budget Treasurer Wayne Swan has announced six year forward funding estimates for school education funding.
Last week the final achievement standards for the first four subjects (Maths, Science, History and English) in the Australian Curriculum were endorsed by the Commonwealth, State and Territory Education Ministers, allowing states and territories to get on with rolling out the curriculum.
