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 GONSKI FUNDING
What's Tasmania's next Gonski step?
Tas Govt media release, 30 Nov 2013
Education minister Nick McKim will seek to meet key
education stakeholders next week, in view of the federal
government's apparent change in direction that will adversely affect
government school children in particular...
 GONSKI FUNDING
Tas Libs cornered by Pyne's promise drop
Tas Govt media release, 30 Nov 2013
Education minister Nick McKim has called on Opposition
leader Will Hodgman to speak out against the federal government's
refusal to confirm its Gonski funding promises - which had earlier
been relied on in statements of support for the federal Liberals by
Will Hodgman...
We
will work cooperatively with Feds, says Ferguson, Michael
Ferguson website, 30 Nov 2013
 INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
LGBTI award for DoE
Tas Govt media release, 30 Nov 2013
The Tasmanian Department of Education has received Rainbow
Communities Tasmania's Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Award
after setting an example in countering discrimination and bullying...
 GONSKI FUNDING
Gonski funding battle looms for PM and premiers
ABC News, 30 Nov 2013
The dropping of the state-federal
Gonski agreements appears likely to be a matter for prime minister
Tony Abbott and the state premiers to deal with next month ...
Funding fury, The Mercury, 30 Nov 2013
GONSKI FUNDING
Gonski outlook
worsens, with government schools the likely losers
ABC News, 29 Nov 2013
State education ministers say that after this morning's
meeting with federal minister Christopher Pyne the prospect of
government schools receiving the promised Gonski funding program is
even more uncertain, and the battle over funding between government
and private schools looks set to return ...
Crisis worse now, Nick McKim,Tas Govt
media release, 29 Nov 2013 (afternoon)
We will keep all our promises, says Pyne, Doorstop interview
transcript, 29 Nov 2013 (morning)
 SUPERANNUATION
RBF Review released
Tas Govt media release, 29 Nov 2013
Privatisation of superannuation
under the Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme (TAS) appears likely with
today's release of the Review of the Strategic Direction
of the RBF by the Minister for Finance, Scott Bacon...
Review website (Dept of Treasury and
Finance)
GONSKI FUNDING
McKim sees Pyne today
The Examiner, 29 Nov 2013
Education minister Nick McKim will seek a guarantee from his federal
counterpart today that Tasmanian students will not be worse off
under the new Better Schools (Gonski) rules...
Parents urged to fight, The Examiner, 29 Nov 2013
Principals want politicians out of the way for the sake of children
with the greatest need, The Mercury, 29 Nov 2013
STUDENT SAFETY
McKim backs Spreyton
The Advocate, 29 Nov 2013
Education minister Nick McKim has defended Spreyton Primary School
after five students were left behind on a school excursion ...
GONSKI FUNDING
Some schools will be worse off
The Mercury, 28 Nov 2013
Some schools will inevitably be worse off under the revised Gonski
funding program, in the absence of the promise to the contrary being
maintained by the new federal government...
Cuts outrage, The Examiner, 28 Nov 2013
GONSKI FUNDING
Gonski promises not enforceable
The Australian, 27 Nov 2013
A range of Australian legal experts say the Coalition's pre-election
Gonski commitments are not legally enforceable...
Tas Govt to seek legal advice, ABC News, 27 Nov 2013
 GONSKI FUNDING
Tas Gonski funding coming
Michael Ferguson website, 27 Nov 2013
Federal education minister
Christopher Pyne has confirmed Tasmania will receive its share of
Gonski reforms funding over the next four years, and there is no
need for a tri-partisan Tasmanian approach, Opposition education
spokesman Michael Ferguson says...
The promised "quantum of funding" is
coming, says Abbott, ABC News, 27 Nov 2013
 GONSKI FUNDING
Call to honour Gonski promises
Tas Govt media release, 27 Nov 2013
Education minister Nick McKim has called on the Tasmanian
Liberals to join in a tri-partisan Tasmanian stance demanding the
federal Liberals honour their Gonski election commitments...
TEACHER SALARIES
Bigger pay rises for teachers are affordable
AEU website, 26 Nov 2013
 An AEU analysis shows that the state
government is saving $225 million a year from unpaid overtime by
teachers and higher paid retiring teachers being replaced by
lower-paid younger ones, yet Tasmanian teachers' salaries appear set
to continue to be $5,000 below the national average...
STUDENT SAFETY
Students left behind
The Advocate, 26 Nov 2013
Parents have expressed concern that five Spreyton Primary students
were left behind after a visit to the Latrobe pool...
Timely reminder, says parents' leader, The Advocate, 28 Nov 2013
 INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Tas teachers protest over salaries
ABC News, 26 Nov 2013
Tasmanian AEU members held a graphic
protest outside Parliament House to draw attention to the state's
teachers being paid $5,000 below the Australian average...
GONSKI FUNDING
Gonski battle is on
Tas Govt media release, 26 Nov 2013
Tasmanian education minister Nick McKim says the federal
government's apparent Gonski u-turn will impact unfairly on the most
disadvantaged students, and he will see federal minister Christopher
Pyne on Friday...
McKim to fight, ABC News, 26 Nov 2013
Pyne to redefine deal, The Mercury, 27 Nov 2013
GONSKI FUNDING
Gonski overhaul
ABC News, 26 Nov 2013
 Federal education minister
Christopher Pyne insists the Gonski education funding model needs to
be overhauled and that a new model will be implemented after 2014...
Pyne press conference transcript, 26 Nov 2013
Tassie shock, The Mercury, 26 Nov 2013
Tas will get funding, says Whitely, The Advocate, 26 Nov 2013
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Levendale sixth closure
Tas Govt media release, 25 Nov 2013
The Levendale Primary School's community has agreed to the school's
closure from next year, leaving Tasmania with six fewer schools from
2014...
GONSKI FUNDING
All bets off on Gonski?
The Australian, 25 Nov 2013
With Tasmania and Victoria not
having finalised their Gonski agreements with the previous
government, and no Catholic schools agreement having been signed
off, federal education minister Christopher Pyne says it's "back to
the drawing board" on administering the Gonski funding...
McKim vs Pyne this Friday, ABC News, 25 Nov 2013
McKim calls on Feds to honour pre-election Better Schools (Gonski)
promise, Tas Govt media release, 25 Nov 2013
Call to honour deal, The Mercury, 25
Nov 2013
INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Tas teachers to take lunch break next week
The Mercury, 22 Nov 2013
From Monday next week, Tasmanian
teachers will undertake industrial action over a pay offer they say
is inadequate...
 SUSTAINABILITY IN EDUCATION
Sustaining interest in their future
Tas Govt media release, 22 Nov 2013
About 350 schools students attended
the annual Kids 4 Kids Sustainability Conference which was opened at
the University of Tasmania today by education minister Nick McKim...
 ICT IN EDUCATION
Tas networked school project wins award
Tas Govt media release, 20 Nov 2013
Tasmania's Connected -
Any Student, Any School (CASAS) project, which
provides e-learning to students in government, Catholic and
independent schools, has won first prize in a national competition...
VET
Training awards nominees announced
 Tas Govt media release, 20 Nov 2013
Six trainees and one business will
compete in the vocational education and training national peak
awards program to be held in Western Australia this week...
  TERTIARY EDUCATION
Tertiary bodies to cooperate
Tas Govt media release, 15 Nov 2013
TasTAFE and the University of Tasmania are to work
together, exploiting Tasmania's unique situation of having both a
single TAFE institution and only one university...
F EDERAL POLITICS
Rudd resigns
ABC News, 13 Nov 2013
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has announced his resignation from
federal parliament...
TEACHERS AND COMPUTERS
Digital literacy essential for teachers
The Mercury, 13 Nov 2013
 Teachers need to ensure they
possess up-to-date digital literacy skills, the Beacon Foundation
says...
YEARS 11 AND 12
TCE exams tomorrow
 Tas Govt media release, 10 Nov 2013
TCE examinations for students in Years 11 and 12
commence tomorrow, Monday 11 November. [Will they pause for a
minute's silence at 11.00am?]...
EARLY CHILDHOOD
LiL a big success
The Mercury, 10 Nov 2013
 Tasmania's Launching into Leaning (LiL)
program is proving to be a huge success in boosting the literacy and
numeracy potential of the youngsters involved....
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Boost for Tas school science buildings
The Mercury, 8 Nov 2013
A special injection of $16 million will shortly
benefit science building facilities in a number of Tasmanian schools
and colleges, premier Lara Giddings said today...
Investing in outcomes needed too, Michael Ferguson website, 8 Nov 2013
SCHOOL FARMS
School farms for sale or lease
Tas Country, 8 Nov 2013
Some Tasmanian schools are planning to sell or lease their school
farms...
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Government schools must be OK then
The Mercury, 8 Nov 2013
Once the elements of students' lives beyond school are removed,
primary students perform just as well at government schools as they
would at independent or Catholic schools, a study of NAPLAN results
shows...
 DISABILITY FUNDING
Disability funding transition explained
DoE media release, 7 Nov 2013
DoE Secretary Colin Pettit has outlined how Tasmania's disability
funding will change over to be part of a nationally consistent
approach in 2015...
ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS
Artists on tap in 2014
Tas Govt media release, 5 Nov 2013
Eight artists chosen for the 2014 Artists in Residence program were
announced today...
 LITERACY AND NUMERACY
School leavers lack literacy skills
The Mercury, 4 Nov 2013
Employees fresh from school lack
literacy and maths skills, the TCCI says as the Australian Industry
Group reports that the lack of skills is hurting Australia's
productivity...
 TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Amalgamation becomes East Tamar Primary
Tas Govt media release, 1 Nov 2013
Rocherlea Primary and Mayfield Primary will join as East
Tamar Primary School from 2014...
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