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PARENTS who repeatedly fail to ensure their children attend school will face jail time and large fines.

Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson has described a new plan to attract top teachers and graduates to Indigenous communities as a "call to patriotic duty". The proposal, called Teach for Australia, includes offering $50,000 tax-free bonuses for experienced teachers to teach in remote areas.

Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says there needs to be clearer rules governing the use and prescription of drugs that treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. Health Department documents show that the subsidy of drugs designed to treat the disorder has cost taxpayers more than $5 million in the last six months.

The education policy will fall under Ms Gillard's 'super portfolio' covering education, employment and workplace relations, and she says there will be fast progress on Labor's education plans.

Federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd has made higher education his focus of one of the final days of the election campaign. "This is the beginning of an approach by us which has the affordability of higher education for kids from working families at its core," he said.

Victorian teachers have voted in favour of more strike action if the State Government does not improve its pay offer.

THE craze for posting school violence online shows no sign of ending with another clip of vicious fighting between teenage high school girls appearing.

Federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd outlined his plan for an "education revolution" at the Labor Party's official election launch in Brisbane this afternoon.

Prime Minister John Howard has promised to spend more than $2 billion on 100 more Australian technical colleges, over the next 10 years

Education Minister David Bartlett says he met Australian Education Union president Jean Walker this morning to discuss improving conditions for the state's teachers.

Labor leader Kevin Rudd has announced a Federal Labor Government would introduce a 50 per cent education tax refund if elected into government.

The National Union of Students says a report released overnight proves that the Federal Government is shifting the cost of tertiary education onto students

The head of the NSW Education Department has issued a memo warning teachers not to hand out postcards to students which it says contain overtly political messages.

A new study has raised concerns about the long-term impact of television watching on children's attention spans.

AFTER decades of being taught to use a soft touch, parents are now being told to learn how to say no to their kids, as research reveals a growing number of children exhibit inconsiderate behaviour.