Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
TEACHING graduates will be offered extra money to fill difficult jobs and work at "challenging" state schools in line with State Education Minister Rod Welford's plan.
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
ARTS Minister Rod Welford banned the Queensland Art Gallery from buying a set of sexually explicit drawings by Archibald Prize-winning artist Del Kathryn Barton.
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... or whether they should be mothballed or closed". On August 19 a spokeswoman for education minister Rod Welford said the government would not be closing any more schools. Mr Kidd said he had asked for the Education Department report that led to the school's closure but had been told he could not see it. He is considering a freedom of information request to obtain the document.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... 22 suspensions a day because it had no school-by-school data. A spokeswoman for Education Minister Rod Welford said he recognised the challenges of schools in low socio-economic areas. She said the department had invested $1.7 million to tackle truancy and improve outcomes at large state schools in economically disadvantaged areas. It is common practice to put suspended students into out-of-school...
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... 22 suspensions a day because it had no school-by-school data.A spokeswoman for Education Minister Rod Welford said he recognised the challenges of schools in low socio-economic areas.She said the department had invested $1.7 million to tackle truancy and improve outcomes at large state schools in economically disadvantaged areas.It is common practice to put suspended students into out-of-school...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... had received the weapon in a package from a relative overseas. Queensland Education Minister Rod Welford said he was horrified."I'm surprised and appalled that any child would have access to a Taser gun and certainly weapons at school are utterly unacceptable and I expect the school will take severe action to prevent that sort of thing happen ever again," he said."I'll be asking the police...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... had received the weapon in a package from a relative overseas. Queensland Education Minister Rod Welford said he was horrified."I'm surprised and appalled that any child would have access to a Taser gun and certainly weapons at school are utterly unacceptable and I expect the school will take severe action to prevent that sort of thing happen ever again," he said."I'll be asking the police...
