FEDERAL ELECTION
Dyslexia would be disability
SMH, 23 Aug 2013
Dyslexia would be classified as a disability under Gonski (Better Schools) funding if the Labor government were re-elected, education minister Bill Shorten says...

VET
School apprenticeships developed
Tas Govt media release, 23 Aug 2013
Students in Years 10, 11 and 12 will benefit from the state government's development of Australian School-based Apprenticeships, Smart Workforce Development: A Tasmanian Strategy...

TAFE
TasTAFE Asia push
Tas Govt media release, 22 Aug 2013
TasTAFE is providing hospitality and tourism courses in the Philippines...

TEACHING PROFESSION
Teacher sentenced after anti-bullying 'lesson'
abcnews.go.com, 21 Aug 2013
A teacher has been sentenced to 30 days in jail after she had other students hit a six-year-old boy to let him know "how it feels to be bullied"...

CHEMISTRY
Periodic table not a constant
SMH, 20 Aug 2013
The periodic table of the elements is changing...

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
Greater discipline powers in Qld
news.com.au, 20 Aug 2013
The Queensland government plans to give schools greater discipline powers such as the ability to suspend students who have been charged with a crime or who behave badly outside school hours...

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
Detention challenge
abcnews.go.com, 20 Aug 2013
A Swiss student's parents lost the court case when they challenged the power of their daughter's school to give her a 90-minute detention - which she nevertheless avoided because the court's decision was announced after she had left the school...

Collinsvale Primary to open later
ABC Radio, 21 Aug 2013 6.50am
Collinsvale Primary School will not open until 11.00am this morning due to the road conditions.

Severe weather eases, but roads remain closed
ABC News, 20 Aug 2013
Police: Alerts
BoM: Warnings
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CYBERBULLYING
Self-cyberbullying is a serious concern
The Age, 20 Aug 2013
An English 14-year-old who recently committed suicide after she received a number of harassing messages on a social media website now appears to have sent nearly all of the messages to herself. Experts warn that such "digital self-harm" is a serious issue...

CYBERSAFETY
Sexting help on way
The Mercury, 19 Aug 2013
Support materials warning high school students about the dangers of sexting will be available soon, Tasmania's Legal Aid director Norman Raeburn says ...

SCHOOL ENROLMENT ZONES
Punchbowl zone change fear
The Examiner, 17 Aug 2013
With just under two weeks for submissions to be lodged, Punchbowl Primary parents are preparing to fight their proposed intake boundary changes...

FEDERAL ELECTION
School security guards would be funded
The Daily Telegraph, 16 Aug 2013
Schools could be provided with security guards under a $10 million Labor election promise...

NEW ANIMALS
New mammal discovered
Time, 15 Aug 2013
A new species of mammal called the olinguito has been discovered in South America...

FEDERAL ELECTION
Gonski promoted at Latrobe High
The Mercury, 16 Aug 2013
Federal education minister Bill Shorten extolled the benefits of the government's Better Schools Plan at Latrobe High School yesterday...
The Advocate, 16 Aug 2013

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
Aussie kids going backwards
news.com,.au, 16 Aug 2013
An ACER report says Australian school students are going backwards compared with those in other countries...
The Age, 16 Aug 2013

COMPUTERS AND BULLYING
Cyber-bullying legal risk from school wi-fi
Canberra Times, 15 Aug 2013
Schools that enable their computer network's wi-fi system to be accessible from the school playground are at risk of being sued if students use it for cyber-bullying, legal experts say...

FEDERAL ELECTION
Training centre costs queried
Christopher Pyne website, 14 Aug 2013
Kevin Rudd's $200 million promise to build 137 trade training centres amounts to $1.4 million per centre - which is inconsistent with the average cost of $4 million for those built up to May 2013, Opposition education spokesperson Christopher Pyne says. ...
New trade training centres, Kevin Rudd website, 14 Aug 2013

FEDERAL ELECTION
Training centre for West
The Advocate, 14 Aug 2013
A trade training centre would be established on the West Coast for students from Mountain River Heights and Rosebery District High schools under an ALP election promise. ...
DEEWR website
Two training centres promised: West Coast and Tasman District, ALP website, 14 Aug 2013

STUDENT HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Romaine Primary value their kitchen garden program
The Advocate, 14 Aug 2013
The president of the AMA says cooking classes should be mandatory in schools and that they are better [for students' future health] than building an institute of sport...

SCIENCE WEEK
Ulverstone's young scientists
The Advocate, 14 Aug 2013
Ulverstone High School students are spreading the good word about science to primary students...

TEACHING PROFESSION
Sacking teachers to be easier
SMH, 14 Aug 2013
NSW is to make it easier to sack teachers who underperform or who repeatedly arrive late or do not do playground duty...

TMAG
Science events at TMAG this week
Tas Govt media release, 13 Aug 2013
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is providing a number of free science-themed educational activities and events for National Science Week this week and this weekend...

GONSKI REFORMS
Tas Gonski deal official
ABC News, 12 Aug 2013
The deal for Tasmania to receive $380 million in Gonskib funding from the federal government is now official...
Better Schools for Tasmania, Nick McKim, Minister for Education and Skills, 12 Aug 2013
Better Schools Tasmania Fact Sheet [pdf]
Better Schools Tasmania Brochure [pdf
Better Schools Tasmania - FAQ [pdf]

STUDENT SUPPORT
e-School fear
The Examiner, 10 Aug 2013
Northern parents have expressed concern that the e-School based at Mayfield might be moved to Launceston, impacting on autism students who use the STARS program...

SEX EDUCATION
Contraceptive ignorance
ABC News, 9 Aug 2013
Tasmanian schools have been asked to provide better sex education following release of a report by the Northern Early Years Group...
Sex education crisis, The Mercury, 10 Aug 2013

NAPLAN TESTING
NAPLAN online at Perth
ABC News, 8 Aug 2013
Students at Perth Primary School will be among the nation's first to do their NAPLAN tests online...

STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
Teen NBOM-e drug alarm
ABC News, 8 Aug 2013
Teenagers are at greater risk of death through the increased availability of the research chemical NBOM-e ...

STUDENT SUPPORT
Autism prediction?
ABC Science, 8 Aug 2013
An autism blood test is on the horizon, experts say...

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Draft sex ed curriculum 'dreadful'
SMH, 7 Aug 2013
The draft Health and Physical Education curriculum is 'dreadful' on sexual health, principally because of what it omits, sexual health advocates say ...

FEDERAL ELECTION 2013
School hours flexibility promised
Federal Govt media release, 5 Aug 2013
A Rudd Labor Government would enable up to 500 schools to offer flexible opening hours, out of hours care and extra programs...

FEDERAL ELECTION 2013
Election to be held on 7 September
ABC News, 4 Aug 2013
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has just had a meeting with the Governor-General.

TASMANIAN HISTORY
Female Factory enhancement looms
Tas Govt media release, 4 Aug 2013
South Hobart's World Heritage listed Cascades Female Factory site has received a $374,000 grant from the federal government. A $5 entry fee will apply to most people from 1 October...