NATIONAL CURRICULUM AND IT
IT faces squeeze in high-school syllabus
The Australian, 31 August
2010
THE federal government is
planning to reduce the hours of computing studies for high school
students...
POST YEAR 10 CHANGES
Minister reports on post year 10 implementation
Tas Govt media release, 31
August 2010
Former TAFE Tasmania Director
Paul Murphy has been selected as the Project Manager Post-Year 10
Education and Reform...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM AND HISTORY,
ENGLISH
History wars set to break out again
SMH, 31 August
2010
School teachers have complained
that the history and English curriculums have been politicised by
governments...
ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS
Artistic
talent exposed through residency
Tas Govt media release, 30 August 2010
Member for Lyons Rebecca White
today congratulated more than 55 student artists from the Bridgewater
and Gagebrook area as she launched the Spray on Silk exhibition which
resulted from a partnership between the local Art House and the
Tasmanian School of Art....
POST YEAR 10 COURSES
First
statewide post year 10 course guide released
Tas Govt media release, 30 August 2010
Students entering Year 11 or 12
in Tasmanian Government schools next year will for the first time be
able to choose their courses from a single comprehensive handbook...
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COMPUTING AND KIDS
Tweens get savvy with gadgets
SMH, 29 August 2010
Today's six- to 12-year-olds are
laden with gadgets their older siblings could only have dreamed about –
two-thirds of them own mobile phones and iPods.
Almost half of the 1200 children who completed the Tween Tracker survey
have Facebook profiles, despite being under the site's minimum age of 13...
HELPING PRINCIPALS COPE
Pressure at the top a principal concern
The Age, 30 August 2010
Victorian state school principals
will be taught to beef up their resilience using psychological tools and
skills training commonly used by captains of industry and other
corporate high-flyers...
SCHOOL UNIFORM
School uniforms - a great leveller or a part of the great divide?
SMH, 30 August 2010
All children might have to wear
them but, as Ainslie MacGibbon reports, not all school uniforms are
perceived the same way...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM AND THE ARTS
Critics expected but arts overhaul is a positive step
SMH, 30 August 2010
The recent decision to include
arts in the national curriculum is a giant step forward for the arts and
education.
NATIONAL CURRICULUM AND SCIENCE
Science education is important for all ages
Adelaide Now, updated 27 August 2010
IN the next month, the Australian
Science Curriculum will be released. What is it? Will it improve science
learning in our schools? Will it be another educational fad?
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
New Burnie
High buildings in sight
Tas media release, 27 August 2010
Tenders are being called for
major new works at Burnie High School totalling more than $8 million
following a fire in December last year....
TECHNICAL CURRICULUM
Lost art of pulling it apart engineers an Aussie tech wreck
SMH, 26 August 2010
There has been no change in the
curriculum to compensate for the decline in the natural and intuitive
comprehension of technical systems by students....
TEACHING PROFESSION
AFP warns terrorism test was illegal
WA News, 26 August 2010
The Australian Federal Police has
confirmed a WA teacher who told her students to plot a terrorist strike
on Australians as a high school assignment was exposing them to minimum
jail terms of at least 10 years...
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WRITERS' WORKSHOPS
Partnership
creates opportunities for young writers
Tas media release, 26 August
2010
The Taroona
Coalition of Schools is
creating expanded learning opportunities for students, the Minister for
Education and Skills, Lin Thorp, said today...
ONLINE SAFETY AND PHONES
Teens toy with death online
SMH, 25 August
2010
It's called the choking game and
YouTube has served up a new twist to what the experts warn is literally
dicing with death...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
New Port
Sorell school
Tas Govt media release, 25 August 2010
A new school at Port Sorell is
becoming a reality, the Minister for Education and Skills, Lin Thorp
announced today...
TEACHING PROFESSION
School terror lesson to kill Australians
West Australian, 25 August 2010
Students at a government high
school have been asked in a class assignment to plan a terrorist attack
using chemical or biological warfare to kill as many innocent people as
possible...
TEACHING PROFESSION
On the fast track to a debate on rookie teachers
The Age, 23 August 2010
Three days after completing an
intensive six-week course at the University of Melbourne's graduate
school of education, Ms Madhavan began teaching maths, science and IT...
BULLYING
$6m to fight
bullies
Tas Govt media release, 21 August 2010
$6 million will be spent over
four years on bullying, cyber-bullying and school psychologists,
Minister for Education and Skills Lin Thorp said today...
STUDENTS AND COMPUTERS
Digital natives restless
The Age, 21 August 2010
RHIANNON Binns is eight years old
and already has her own blog...
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
Greens fear maths by rote
The Mercury 20 August 2010
CONCERNS about too much focus on
maths testing results must be addressed, the Tasmanian Greens say...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Coalition to cut funds for poor students
SMH, 20 August 2010
THE Coalition has angered
university leaders, principals and teacher unions by announcing plans to
cut a further $1.5 billion from education...
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT: USA
Teachers' rankings in paper
SMH, 18 August 2010
The Los Angeles Times
will publish a database of more than 6000 primary school teachers ranked
by their ability to improve students' scores on standardised tests...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Labor promises $10m for financial literacy program
ABC Online, 18 August 2010
The Federal Government has
pledged more funds for a financial literacy program for school children,
if it wins the election...
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
Tas teacher wins national science teaching award
Tas Govt media release, 18 August 2010
The Minister for Education and
Skills, Lin Thorp, today paid tribute to Tasmanian Government school
teacher Jane Hall-Dadson for winning a national award for inspiring her
students to understand how science affects their lives...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Parties' school computing policies are worlds apart
The Australian, 17 August 2010
THE Coalition's school
technology policy allocates an average of $12,550 to fund technology and
equipment in each school...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Gillard stakes future on NBN, health
The Australian, 16 August 2010
JULIA Gillard has vowed to
transform the health system by allowing rural and regional Australians
to see specialists using videoconferencing and online consultations...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Cane
toad solutions don't work, especially not in education
Online Opinion, 16 August 2010
It seemed like a good idea at
the time. Cane beetles were a nuisance in our sugar fields and the USA
offered help...
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
Teachers face negligence action out of My School performance emphasis
AdelaideNow, 16 August
2010
TEACHERS are at greater risk of
being sued for "educational negligence" because of the increased
emphasis on performance through the Federal Government's controversial
My School website...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Do election pledges make the grade?
The Age, 16 August 2010
As the last week of the
campaign begins, The Age asked some of Australia's leading educators to
judge the promises of the two main parties...
NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK
Fibre optic benefits begin
The Mercury, 15 August 2010
A SMALL private school in far
North-West Tasmania has become the first school in Australia to connect
to the National Broadband Network...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
School policy fractures Greens
SMH, 15 August 2010
THE Australian Greens are
internally fractured over their policy to remove millions of dollars in
funding from private schools...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Taking the battle to the playground
SMH, 14 August 2010
TONY Abbott challenged Julia
Gillard on her preferred policy turf of education yesterday by outlining
his plans to reward the best teachers, help schools purchase computers
and build up to 30 new technical colleges...
SCIENCE EDUCATION
Schools urged
to celebrate National Science Week
Tas Govt media release, 14 August 2010
Acting Minister for Education
and Skills David O’Byrne has urged as many Tasmanian Government schools
as possible to get involved in National Science Week, which runs from
today until August 22...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Teacher, technology funding vow from Coalition
SMH, 13 August 2010
A Coalition government would
establish a $200 million reward fund to recognise Australia's best and
brightest teachers, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has announced....
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Abbott revives Howard-era technical colleges policy
SMH, 13 August 2010
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott
has revived a policy from the past by announcing a Coalition government
would re-introduce funding for at least 30 Australian technical
colleges....
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Arts curriculum lacking
in real vision
SMH, 9 August 2010
Proposed changes to how the
arts are taught in schools risks dumbing down the curriculum, writes
Kerry Thomas....
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AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Leaders tussle for broadband high ground
SMH, 13 August 2010
TONY ABBOTT will today unveil
his plan for a new $120 million fund for technology at schools as the
two leaders duel over who has the stronger vision for Australia's future
in the digital age...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Inside Julia's great Australian byte
Daily Telegraph, 13 August 2010
VIRTUAL nurses, remote surgical
operations, holographic school teachers - and live streaming of the
latest 3D movies to your television...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Coalition flags computers in schools changes
ABC Online, 12 August 2010
The Coalition has developed a
policy that will replace Labor's computers in schools program if it is
elected...
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
Tasmania's
most innovative teacher of 2010 announced
Tas Govt media release, 11 August 2010
Devonport High School teacher Mark
Smithies has been awarded the 2010 Microsoft Innovative Teachers Award
for Tasmania for his innovative use of ICT in the classroom...
SWINE FLU
Swine flu pandemic over, WHO declares
WebMD, 10 August 2010
But H1N1 flu bug still here,
becoming seasonal virus
The H1N1 swine flu pandemic is over,
the World Health Organization declared today...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Labor plans fast track to train teachers
The Age, 11 August 2010
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard
has picked another fight with teacher unions by promising a scheme to
place accountants, engineers, laboratory technicians and other
professionals in front of classrooms after just eight weeks' training...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
School bonuses scheme criticised as misguided by teachers' union
HeraldSun, 10 August 2010
JULIA Gillard's lucrative bonus
payment scheme for schools and teachers has been criticised as a
misguided attempt to lift the nation's education system...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Cash for better school results
The Mercury, 10 August 2010
TASMANIAN schools will be
offered cash rewards of up to $100,000 if they can improve their grades
and attendances...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
New national exam set to replace HSC
HeraldSun, 9 August 2010
THE HSC will be replaced by a
national exam and our top teachers will vie for $8000 performance
bonuses if their students improve...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Bushfire safety set to join curriculum
HeraldSun, 2 August 2010
BUSHFIRE safety could soon be a
part of every child's education...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Julia Gillard to reward good schools with
cash bonus
The Australian, 9 August 2010
A RE-ELECTED Labor government
will pay schools bonuses of up to $100,000...
LITERACY
'Separate' is most commonly misspelt word
Telegraph.co.uk, 8 August 2010
'Separate' is the most commonly
misspelt word in the English language, according to a new study...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Labor to ban truants from playing sport
ABC Online, 8 August 2010
Labor has pledged to tackle
truancy by banning children from playing weekend sport if they do not
regularly attend school...
SCIENCE: ASTRONOMY
Aurora Australis returns tonight
The Mercury, 4 August 2010
TASMANIANS could be in for a
late-night light show this week as a solar eruption heads towards Earth...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
School principals want chance to remove bad teachers
The Australian, 4 August 2010
PRIMARY school principals have
called for a system that would simplify the process of removing
underperforming teachers...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Labor makes $4000 pitch to families with teenagers
The Age, 2 August 2010
LABOR has promised more money
to families with teenagers, while the Coalition says it will ease the
tax burden needed to pay for its parental leave scheme...
SCHOOL FUNDING
Poor funding risks illiteracy
The Mercury, 2 August 2010
TASMANIAN high-school students
are at risk of becoming illiterate, unskilled and disengaged with the
modern world because of poor funding, principals warn...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Julia Gillard promises principal power
Herald-Sun, 2 August 2010
SCHOOL principals will be given
more power to manage their own budget and to hire teachers under the
next wave of Julia Gillard's education revolution...
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