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Public education to lose millions, report reveals

23 May 12 | PUBLIC schools would lose $673 million and private school coffers would be boosted by $1.3 billion by 2015-16 unless the government introduces urgent legislative reform, new research shows.

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Defer Gonski's funding reforms, private schools urge

22 May 12 | FEDERAL reform of school funding is increasingly unlikely with a key private-school lobby group saying the government's new model cannot be implemented in its present form and calling for a two-year extension of the existing system.

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Parents bullying teachers, says book

17 May 12 | TEACHERS are increasingly being bullied, yelled at, and in rarer cases, physically assaulted by some assertive parents who believe they have an ''inalienable right to scream and demand things for their children,'' the NSW Teachers Federation says.

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Swan to tell business he's still committed to cut in company tax rate

15 May 12 | THE Treasurer, Wayne Swan, will offer an olive branch to big business today by renewing the government's commitment to lower the company tax rate, a week after the federal budget scrapped a promised reduction.

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Teenagers get a lesson in the nuts and bolts of life

10 May 12 | BELINDA PILGRIM wants the young ladies of New England Girls' School to feel just as confident handling a tyre jack as they do a dessert fork.

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Younger, cheaper teachers to fill state's schools

09 May 12 | THE NSW teaching workforce is set for its biggest overhaul in decades, with nearly 20,000 new teachers to be employed in the next five years.

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Spelling challenge revived to combat declining standards

07 May 12 | Children are writing more than ever before, says the editor of the Macquarie Dictionary – but not always in formal English.

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Teacher bonus takes blow

04 May 12 | The contentious issue of bonuses to high-performing teachers has taken another hit, with the Productivity Commission recommending the federal government shelve its bonus scheme, due to begin next year.

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Storm-ravaged school wins $14m budget boost

01 May 12 | Western suburns school to recover after roof of science building collapsed last year.

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Student challenges ruling on her HSC

28 Apr 12 | A FORMER Abbotsleigh student who is now studying medicine at the University of Sydney is claiming the NSW Board of Studies wrongly refused to grant her special examination provisions in the form of a computer and extra exam time for the 2008 Higher School Certificate.

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