“Education revolution” called for in Australia

Improving literacy and numeracy skills—starting with the very first year in primary school—will pay dividends for the national economy, federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd told reporters at St. Columbus Primary School in Melbourne, Australia. Rudd launched another plank in Labor’s “education revolution” on April 11, shortly after the national education union unveiled its own campaign for better school funding. Productivity growth in the Australian economy is slowing and has been for many years now, Rudd said. “One of the reasons it’s slowing is because as a nation we’ve not invested enough in education, skills and training.” Read more at The Sydney Morning Herald website.