Choice needed for education revolution
Kevin Donnelly
Kevin Donnelly writes: On being elected as leader of the then Opposition in 2006, and now as Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd has signalled education as a key policy issue. Mirroring then British prime minister Tony Blair’s cry of education, education, education, Rudd and Julia Gillard define their Government’s success in terms of overcoming disadvantage, raising standards and making Australia’s education system more internationally competitive.
Over the past 12 months state and federal Labor-dominated governments, both through the Council of Australian Governments and the Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, have launched a raft of policy initiatives and funding agreements. Continue reading
