The Opposition Education spokesperson’s petty politicking and lies over the last 24 hours stand in stark contrast to the constructive comments by some of her state Labor colleagues, leading principals and experts who are constructively considering reforms, such as a Year 1 literacy and numeracy skills checks, to improve student outcomes. Tanya Plibersek has shown…
DetailsMaking the mining sector more efficient and boosting the strength of railway tracks are among four new research projects in New South Wales and Queensland that the Turnbull Government today announced would be funded to kick off 2017. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Turnbull Government’s $1.875 million commitment for three mining…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Brisbane Drive with Emma Griffiths Topics: Year 1 national literacy and numeracy check 30/01/2017 04:15 PM Emma Griffiths: Simon Birmingham is the Federal Education Minister. I spoke to him a little earlier and I asked him how the results of any of these tests would be used. [Excerpt] Simon…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on SKY News To The Point with Kristina Keneally and Peter Van Onselen Topics: The United States’ immigration policies; Australia’s Syrian refugee intake; Year 1 national literacy and numeracy check; Higher education reform 30/01/2017 01:37 PM Kristina Keneally: Pete, we might now go to Simon Birmingham, the Minister for Education. He’s joining…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Illawarra Mornings with Nick Rheinberger Topics: Linkage Projects funding to encourage research with practical outcomes; Collaboration between researchers and industry; Year 1 national literacy and numeracy check 30/01/2017 10:12AM Nick Rheinberger: We started with education, we’re going to continue in this hour with a couple of significant announcements from the…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast with Matthew Abraham Topics: First day of school; Year 1 national literacy and numeracy check; The United States’ immigration policies 30/01/2017 08:45 AM Matthew Abraham: Well, not school drop-off for the very, very first time but, South Australian Liberal Senator and Education Minister Simon Birmingham joins us.…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC AM with Sabra Lane Topics: Year 1 national literacy and numeracy check; Australia’s renewable energy target 30/01/2017 07:20AM Sabra Lane: Across the country this morning, parents are driving their kids to school for the first time…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: Year 1 national literacy and numeracy check and Australia-US relations 29/01/2017 Simon Birmingham: We know how important those early years of a child’s education are, to ensure they learn to read and learn basic numeracy skills. For too long in Australia, we’ve had debates about whether or not the…
DetailsThe Turnbull Government has announced an expert group of principals, teachers, speech specialists, academics and researchers will progress the staged implementation of a nation-wide phonics assessment and the development of a numeracy check. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the short assessments of year 1 students' literacy and numeracy skills are backed by…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast with Matthew Abraham Topics: Politicians’ summer beards; Trans-Pacific Partnership and Australian trade deals; Labor and Greens protectionism; Manufacturing in Australia; Penalty rates and Labor undermining the Fair Work Commission; Teaching standards 25/01/2017 08:35AM Matthew Abraham: And we welcome to ABC Adelaide the first Super Wednesday of 2017.…
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