By Chris James and Darin Ritchie
School vouchers have been popularised in the United States as a means to empower parents and help get children out of failing schools.
A concept first articulated in the 1950s, vouchers have since been implemented in a number of countries, including the US, Ireland, Chile, Columbia, Netherlands, Sweden, and others.
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By Wayne Kayler-Thomson
With its first State Budget tomorrow, the new State Government has an opportunity to deliver on its election promise to provide greater support to teachers, and a performance-based pay scheme would reward the best in our state.
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By Darin Ritchie
As the Prime Minister was foreshadowing tougher welfare rules in the upcoming Budget in order to shift more people into the labour market, the building and construction industry officially entered “skill shortage” status.
While the Prime Minister didn’t detail any specific proposals, we all share the underlying sentiments expressed: that we must ensure all Australians benefit from the resources boom.
However, taking a ‘stick’ approach to welfare reform is not enough, and must be balanced with the right ‘carrots’ to support and enable efforts by job seekers, as well as business. A bidding war between the Government and the Opposition over who is the toughest is not the answer.
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By Tamara Ristevski
So, you’ve got qualified staff and enthusiastic apprentices who play a valuable role in your tourism or hospitality business, but how do you keep them?
Research indicates many apprentices won’t finish their training and one of the reasons given for this is the age of apprentices, with 30 per cent aged between 15 and 19. But rather than getting itchy feet, many won’t finish their training because they just don’t see it as being a real career.
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By Andrew Rimington
The Labor Party’s state election launch event in Bendigo yesterday had a key focus on education, with significant announcements targeting Year 9 students with the Education for Life program, additional support for apprentices and new pre-school initiatives. Will these initiatives improve education outcomes, or is it, as the Coalition has labelled it, purely a ‘Brumby boot camp’?
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An analysis of education enrolments has found that post-graduate qualifications are in high demand as older workers seek further skills to advance their careers.
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By Darin Ritchie
Over the past week, Victoria’s major political parties have made a series of election announcements on education, with extra resources for schools, teachers and students set to be provided – albeit, with different priority areas between them. While further announcements are expected over the next two weeks, we’ve summarised some of the key commitments made so far.
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By Alexandra Marriott and Andrew Lowcock
Universities and employers have reported that uncertainty about the operation of federal workplace laws has impacted the availability of work experience programs for students.
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By Darin Ritchie
The Victorian Government has announced a new initiative, the Business Working with Education Foundation, to make it easier for employers to support local government schools.
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By Darin Ritchie
The current election campaign has seen few new ideas from either the Government or Opposition in the area of higher education. And while a lot of change has occurred in the sector over the last three years to improve equity access and the number of available places, we must be mindful that other countries are implementing their own initiatives that pose a threat to Australia’s ability to have an internationally competitive workforce in the decades ahead.
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