How cuts to the NT Education Department could widen the gap

Fully (sic) 2013-11-01

Summary:

First, they rejected Gonski because too much funding would go to remote community schools. Now, the NT Education department is cutting positions that are key in supporting Aboriginal students who don't speak English at home. Greg Dickson demonstrates the benefit that such support positions can bring and argues that the NT Government's handling of education could easily cause the much-discussed "gap" to widen rather than narrow.

Link:

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2013/10/31/how-cuts-to-the-nt-education-department-could-widen-the-gap/

From feeds:

Gudgeon and gist ยป Fully (sic)

Tags:

politics education indigenous languages

Authors:

wamut

Date tagged:

11/01/2013, 05:00

Date published:

10/30/2013, 19:29