Pearson blasts Gov on education targets

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has criticised the Rudd Government for its “miserable” targets for reducing Indigenous disadvantage. Speaking to the Australian newspaper, Pearson believes the Government is refusing to take up the challenge of low school attendance, pointing to the fact that it is yet to respond to Professor Mick Dodson’s proposal to have every […]

Dodson launches education campaign

Professor Mick Dodson has spoken about his passion to improve the education of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students during an emotional address to the National Press Club yesterday. The 2009 Australian of the Year promised to devote his one-year tenure to campaign for all Australian children to be “geared up and ready to go” for […]