Rudd Government appoints National Curriculum Board Chair

January 2008 – Rudd Government Announces Plan for national curriculum & appoints National Curriculum Board Chair On 30 January the Prime Minister and Minister for Education announced the appointment of Professor Barry McGaw as Chair of the government’s new National Curriculum Board. The board, which will take some time to constitute, will oversee the development …

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HTAA February 2008 Update

The Rudd government’s appointment of Professor Barry McGaw as Chair of the new National Curriculum Board signals the beginning of a process that aims at the development of national courses, K-12, in four subject areas, English, mathematics, the sciences and history. While it seems that we are at the beginning of what will be a …

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