VIDEO ART
Video art to be MOVEd into schools
Tas Govt media release, 29 July 2010
All Tasmanian schools and
colleges are to receive MOVE, a resource to acquaint students with video
art... 
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
Teens get vote in Google mock election
SMH, 29 July 2010
Internet giant Google has
created a platform for a simulated federal election, inviting 15 to
17-year-olds in schools across Australia to cast their ballots from
August 9-12...
- Google's
Student Voice
- Google's
Australian Federal Election 2010
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND VIOLENCE DATA
SA violence and bullying figures to go online
Adelaide Now, 26 July 2010
The South Australian government
has committed to publishing school violence and bullying statistics
online...
ESL AND REFUGEES
It's easy for refugee students to fall
through the cracks
The Age, 24 July 2010
Young refugees enter schools
full of optimism, but face a new range of challenges as daunting as all
that went before...
DRIVER EDUCATION
CAMS calls for more driver ed in schools
The Mercury, 23 July 2010
AUSTRALIA'S motorsport
community wants the Federal Government to fund a national rollout of a
driver education program it has created...
- See also CAMS media release 30
July 2010:
Experts demand compulsory driver education in schools
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Teachers warn against cutting student hours
for MDT
SMH, 20 July 2010
AUSTRALIA risks losing future
technologists, engineers and designers if the hours that students study
design and technology at school are cut, teachers warn...
FEDERAL ELECTION
Little difference in schools policies
The Age, 20
July 2010
With little ideological
difference between the major parties on school education, the focus
will fall on implementation issues and subtle differences of approach...
TEENS AND THE INTERNET
Facebook, Twitter use means less learning
news.com.au,
19 July 2010
Social media websites are
distracting students from their homework, research shows...
See
Telstra's new cyber-safety website
STUDENT BEHAVIOUR
Students target teachers on web
The Mercury,
18 July 2010
PERSONAL attacks, defamatory
abuse and poorly spelled cheap shots posted on the internet have become
a daily fact of life for Tasmania's teachers...
SCHOOL UNIFORM
Students enter school uniform debate
The Australian,
17 July 2010
WHATEVER Julia Gillard might
say about school uniforms instilling a sense of discipline, some
students like to turn up to school in jeans...
TEACHER SALARIES
UK headmaster paid $465,000
ABC Online,
15 July 2010
Parents
in a London suburb have rallied to the defence of a primary school
headmaster who gets paid more than the British prime minister...
SCHOOL VIOLENCE
Teacher safety defended
The Mercury, 15 July 2010
THE
Education Minister has defended her department's handling of student
violence against teachers, saying there are plenty of guidelines for
teachers to follow...
TEACHERS AND TAX
ATO tax warning for teachers amid crackdown on illegal deductions
Courier-Mail, 8 July 2010
In one
case, it is understood that the ATO audited an individual teacher
claiming 100 per cent of home internet use as a deductible work expense...
CLIMATE CHANGE
DoE tackles
climate change
Tas Govt media release,
14 July 2010
The
Department of Education was working towards significantly reducing its
energy consumption in a bid to tackle climate change, the Minister for
Education and Skills, Lin Thorp, said today...
SCHOOL VIOLENCE
Union alarm at teacher bashing
The Mercury,
14 July 2010
TASMANIAN teachers are falling
victim to an increasing number of violent attacks with students as young
as seven lashing out...
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SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
Wanted: a new respect for learning
The Age,
12 July 2010
A lack of enthusiasm for
learning has caused underperformance in many schools...
ENROLMENT TRENDS
Best class numbers in North
The Examiner,
12 July 2010
GOVERNMENT schools in the North
have the fullest classrooms on average across the state but some are
still operating at less than half capacity...
EDUCATION FUNDING
Simple ambition for all schools
The Australian,
12 July 2010
THE people who can explain in
detail how school funding works in Australia could probably be counted
on one hand...
SCIENCE TEACHING
State schools fail in science
The Mercury,
9 July 2010
MANY Tasmanian students are
giving up on science because of a lack of consistency in the curriculum,
a report has found...
TEACHERS AND TAX
ATO cracks down on truckies and teachers
ninemsn, 9 July 2010
Teachers will be under the tax
microscope this year...
(See also "Teachers in spotlight" at left.)
POLICE APPEAL
Police warn of daytime Hobart school burglaries
Tasmania Police media release,
8 July 2010
During business hours a tall
male, believed to be aged in his mid 30’s with a shaved head, has been
entering school grounds and removing items from unoccupied classrooms
and storage areas, including personal items such as wallets and
handbags...
SCIENCE TEACHING
Science audit
was too early
Tas Govt media release,
8 July 2010
The Auditor-General's report
into the effectiveness of science teaching was completed before the new
science curriculum had been fully implemented...
SCIENCE TEACHING
Poor report card on school science
ABC Online, 8 July 2010
The auditor-general has
recommended Tasmanian schools adopt a more coordinated approach to
teaching science...
POST YEAR 10 CHANGES
Advisory
taskforce begins its work
Tas Govt media release,
8 July 2010
The Minister for Education and
Skills, Lin Thorp today updated parliament on the Post-Year 10 Advisory
Taskforce...
EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
Schools boss won't return
The Mercury,
8 July 2010
EDUCATION Secretary John Smyth
will bow out when his secondment to a national body ends in April...
EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
Bartlett axes school boss
The Mercury,
7 July 2010
PREMIER David Bartlett has
sidelined the Education Department secretary -- but forgot to tell him...
POST YEAR 10 CHANGES
Education head departs after union pressure
ABC Online, 6 July 2010
Tasmania's teachers' union has
welcomed the departure of the architect of the failed Tasmania Tomorrow
education changes...
POST YEAR 10 CHANGES
School reform chief leaves
The Mercury,
6 July 2010
THE architect of the embattled
Tasmania Tomorrow education changes is leaving his post...
POST YEAR 10 CHANGES
National recognition for John Smyth
Tas Govt media release, 5 July 2010
The Premier, David Bartlett,
today recognised the outstanding contribution the Education Department
Secretary, John Smyth, has made to Tasmania’s education system over the
past four years...
POST YEAR 10 CHANGES
More call for reform chief to go
The Mercury,
5 July 2010
MORE disgruntled post-year 10
teachers have passed motions of no confidence in Education Department
chief John Smyth...
NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY
Gillard ranks as a failure on education
The Age: Opinion,
5 July 2010
It is appalling that the
Howard-era school funding model remains...
PARENTS AND TAX
School rebates unclaimed
The Examiner, 4 July 2010
PARENTS are missing out on
rebates worth hundreds of dollars to help with the cost of education
because they do not know they exist...
EARLIER this year, the Australian Taxation Office ruled the iPad and
other electronic readers would be classified as laptops which means
parents can claim some of the cost of the new handheld devices on their
tax return...
SEE ALSO:
iPad can be claimed as tax deduction, ATO confirms
BROADBAND NETWORK
22 questions on the national broadband network
SMH,
3 July 2010
Teachers can connect with sick
children at home to involve them in lessons and activities...
In Tasmania, the pioneer state for NBN, fibre to the home will be
available for $29.95 a month...
POST YEAR 10 CHANGES
Teachers in reform revolt
The Mercury,
1 July 2010
DISGRUNTLED post-year 10
teachers have passed a motion of no confidence in Education Department
head John Smyth...
STUDENT WELFARE
Foster-care kids suffer at school
The Australian,
1 July 2010
CHILDREN living in foster care
suffer higher rates of poor mental and physical health, which limits
their academic outcomes...
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