Save Tharwa School

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Below I have an edited highlight from Rural and Remote School Education - A Survey for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Helen Stokes, John Stafford, Roger Holdsworth
Youth Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Vic 3010
full document here
The greatest education ‘disadvantage’ faced by people in rural and remote locations is that to gain access to […]

Below I have posted some of my personal favorites taken from a primary research study (undated but post-1998). This study was conducted in small Tasmania mining towns and the research focused on describing how leadership issues related to school-community partnerships. Whilst the bulk of the research is peripheral to our primary interests, it […]

Below I have posted the major points on school sizes, including cost-effectiveness, from a 2002 US literature review “National Evaluation of Smaller Learning Communities”…..

ABC News
Federal Education Minister Julie Bishop has launched a scathing attack on the ACT Government’s plans to close 39 schools.
The plan, revealed in last week’s Budget, has already been condemned by parents, students and teachers.
Ms Bishop says ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope has put the future of young Canberra residents in jeopardy.
She says she also […]

ABC News
The ACT’s Education Minister, Andrew Barr, says the Government will not be swayed over its school closures program by one off demonstrations.
Kambah High students are planning a walkout today in protest against plans to close the school at the end of next year.
Mr Barr says he respects their right to protest, but adds the […]