 NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
Anger as teachers ordered to supervise tests
ABC, 30 Apr. 2010
Teachers are under growing pressure
to lift their ban on supervising the controversial NAPLAN test, due
across the nation in less than a fortnight...
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
Tas
Industrial Commission rules for NAPLAN tests
Tas Govt media release,
30 Apr. 2010
Tasmanian Industrial Commission
Deputy President Tim Abey has formed the view that, overwhelmingly, the
public interest would be best served by the conduct of the NAPLAN tests
in May...
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
WA
teacher union calls off test ban
ABC, 30 Apr. 2010
The WA State School Teachers Union
has been forced to back down in its ban on supervising numeracy and
literacy tests ...
POST-YEAR 10 CHANGES
Tas Tomorrow brings first Labor-Green clash
ABC, 30 Apr. 2010
Labor and the Greens in Tasmania
are facing their first major policy clash...
POST-YEAR 10 CHANGES
Minister says Tas Tomorrow here to stay
ABC, 29 Apr. 2010
Tasmania's new Education Minister
has ruled out any roll back of the state's post-year 10 changes...
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Tasmania’s
education performance improving
Tas Govt media release, 29 Apr. 2010
Tasmania's education system
continued to show improvement over the past three years...
DoE download page
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
Teachers urge parents to stay with test ban
ABC, 29 Apr. 2010
The Education Union is again urging
parents not to monitor next month's literacy and numeracy tests...
SOCIAL MEDIA
Student uses Facebook to organise massive high school walkout
Mashable (blog), 28 Apr. 2010
Thousands of New Jersey high school
students participated in a walkout today in protest of recent education
cuts — all because of a call to action on Facebook...
TEACHER REMUNERATION
Small classes a 'costly mistake'
The Australian, 24 Apr. 2010
THE head of the Productivity
Commission has attacked the emphasis on reducing class sizes in schools
as "the most costly mistake" in education policy in recent years...
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
Tasmanian teachers slam test boycott bully tactics
ABC, 22 Apr. 2010
Tasmania's Education Union has
accused the Education Department of strongarm tactics in the dispute
over national literacy and numeracy tests...
TASMANIAN POLITICS
New Education
Minister
Government Media Release, 21 Apr. 2010
Lin Thorp will be Tasmania's new
Minister for Education and Skills...
TEACHERS AND
COMPUTERS
Six emerging ict areas for teachers
Curriculum Leadership, 16 Apr. 2010
The Horizon Report has identified
six computing technologies that will affect the way teachers teach:
●
Cloud computing
● Collaborative environments
● Game-based learning
● Networking via mobile devices
● Augmented reality
(potential from the convergence of GPS,
video, pattern recognition and mobile technology)
● Flexible displays
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
Gillard slams teachers banning tests
SMH, 12 Apr. 2010
The federal government has slammed
a teachers' union for being selfish as it prepares to strike over
national exams...
SCHOOL SYSTEMS
Why do Finland's schools get the best results?
BBC, 7 Apr. 2010
Finland's schools score
consistently at the top of world rankings, yet the pupils have the
fewest number of class hours in the developed world...
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
Teachers demand My School website changes
The Australian 8 Apr. 2010
THE scores of every student in a
school in the national literacy and numeracy tests would be reported on
the My School website ...
CYBERSAFETY
Education leaders to tackle cyberbullies
SMH,
8 Apr. 2010
Cyberbullying can drive young
people into a suicidal state...
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