The man behind the $1m Ultranet payment: ‘I saw it as my only option’ by David Donaldson | 0 comments The final day of IBAC's Ultranet inquiry heard former Education dep sec Darrell Fraser believed secretly channeling money to a contractor was his only option. Tapes reveal the former minister was told of the payment.
‘Difficult to know’ who is steering ACARA curriculum by David Donaldson | 0 comments The ascendancy of ACARA might be undermining the future of state education policy development, thinks academic Glenn Savage -- though former education minister Bronwyn Pike says the problems began from day one.
Teacher quality debate ‘like walking on a bed of nails’: Pike by David Donaldson | 1 comment Popular beliefs about education reform hobble politicians' attempts to make real improvements, former Victorian education minister Bronwyn Pike says. And the Federalism White Paper must not get caught up in "carving up territory" at the expense of outcomes.
