Media Release 10 February 2010 - Call for Inquiry into Bias Against Government Schools on My School

Posted on Wednesday February 10, 2010

A study published today by Save Our Schools, a public education advocacy group, calls for a full independent public inquiry into ‘like school’ comparisons on the My School website. >> Read on...

Media Release 29 January 2010 - My School Comparisons Expose Hypocrisy of PM and Gillard

Posted on Thursday January 28, 2010

The Save Our Schools public education advocacy group today accused the Prime Minister and the Federal Education Minister of hypocrisy and duplicity about reporting school results. >> Read on...

Media Release January 19, 2010 - Boycott is the Only Answer to Gillard’s Intransigence on League Tables

Posted on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Save Our Schools today called on parents to support the planned teachers’ boycott of the national literacy and numeracy tests this year. >> Read on...

School closure whitewash fails community yet again

Posted on Wednesday December 23, 2009

The ACT Government’s response to the recommendations from the Assembly Inquiry into school closures is grossly inadequate and as misleading and dishonest as the initial school closure process. >> Read on...

Joint Media Statement - Tharwa, Flynn and Cook Parents and Citizens.

Posted on Tuesday September 29, 2009

Tharwa, Flynn and Cook parents and citizen associations (P&Cs) today called on the Labor, Liberal and Green Members of the Legislative Assembly to support a motion to re-open Primary Schools in Tharwa, Hall, Flynn and Cook. Hall P&C also welcome moves to re-open schools. >> Read on...

Media Release 20 September 2009 - ACT Education Minister Should Resign

Posted on Monday September 21, 2009

Save Our Schools today called on the ACT Minister for Education, Andrew Barr, to resign because he misused research evidence in his decisions to close schools. >> Read on...

Media Release 23 August 2009 - Islamic School Re-location Highlights Policy Contradictions

Posted on Sunday August 23, 2009

The Chief Minister’s announcement that his Government will consider re-locating the Islamic School to the CIT site at Weston has highlighted several policy contradictions. < >> Read on...

Media Release - School Comparisons Will Pit Rich Against Poor

Posted on Friday August 7, 2009

A study released by Save Our Schools, a public education advocacy group, shows that school comparisons for local areas to be released by the Federal Government later this year will pit rich schools against poor. SOS National Convenor, Trevor Cobbold, called on the Federal Education Minister to ditch the publication of school comparisons in local areas. >> Read on...

New League Table Exposes Hollow Assurances

Posted on Wednesday July 15, 2009

A proposed new league table of Australian schools has exposed government assurances on the issue as hollow, Save Our Schools said today. < >> Read on...

Govt. Duplicity on League Tables Exposed

Posted on Wednesday May 6, 2009

Save Our Schools has accused the Federal Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, of deceiving the Australian public about the introduction of school league tables. < >> Read on...

Media Release 13 April 2009 - New Tests Will Impoverish Education

Posted on Monday April 13, 2009

The public education advocacy group Save Our Schools has accused the Rudd Government of turning classrooms into test preparation factories. >> Read on...

Call to Investigate Breach of Education Act on Urambi School Closure

Posted on Thursday February 12, 2009

Save Our Schools today accused the Minister for Education, Andrew Barr, of breaching the ACT Education Act in the consultation over Urambi Primary School. >> Read on...

Minister Launches Another Farcical School Closure Consultation

Posted on Wednesday February 11, 2009

The consultation over Urambi Primary School is an unmitigated farce. >> Read on...

Media Release - New National Education Goals Are Fatally Contradictory

Posted on Tuesday January 27, 2009

A policy brief issued today by the public education advocacy group, Save Our Schools, claims that the new national education goals promulgated at the end of 2008 are fatally contradictory and fail on equity. >> Read on...

Media Release - League Tables Are on the Way

Posted on Monday January 12, 2009

The public education advocacy group, Save Our Schools, says that the Federal Government has deceived the public about the introduction of school league tables. >> Read on...

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