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SEISMOMETERS IN SCHOOLS
Taroona High gets first seismometer
Tas Govt media release, 31 Oct 2013
The first of five seismometers to go into Tasmanian schools has been
installed at Taroona High...
NUMERACY
Absenteeism harms maths skills
 SMH,
31 Oct 2013
Frequent absence from primary school
damages a student's maths skills far more than literacy skills, a
report from the Australian Institute of Family Studies shows...
LITERACY
Certificates for Reading Challenge students
 Tas Govt media release, 30 Oct 2013
Students from East Ulverstone
Primary, Beaconsfield Primary and Rosetta Primary received
certificates for participating in the 2013 Premier's Reading
Challenge today ...
 AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
New work studies curriculum aims to be
relevant
The Mercury, 30 Oct 2013
ACARA's new work studies curriculum will aim to teach students how
to market themselves...
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Not good enough
The Examiner, 29 Oct 2013
 Tasmania's educational performance has declined
in six of ten educational measures, a Council of Australian
Governments Reform Council report shows...
Tas students leaving early, ABC News, 30 Oct 2013
Tas disadvantaged children lag in literacy, The Mercury, 30 Oct
2013
Tasmania last again, says Ferguson, Michael Ferguson website, 30
Oct 2013
Bottom status a myth, says McKim, The Examiner, 31 Oct 2013
ANZAC HISTORY
History essay prize winners announced
Tas Govt media release, 29 Oct 2013
 The winners of the 2013 Frank
MacDonald Memorial Prize honouring Tasmania's World War 1 veterans
have been announced. The students come from:
- Rose Bay High
-
Queechy High
- Devonport High
- Scotch Oakburn College, and
- Calvin Christian School...
Frank MacDonald Prize Facebook page
Trip to France for winners, The Mercury, 30 Oct 2013
TEACHING PROFESSION
Teachers praised for their work
Tas Govt media release, 25 Oct 2013
Education minister Nick McKim has marked World
Teachers' Day by praising Tasmanian teachers for providing
quality teaching...
Time to celebrate teachers, Michael Ferguson website, 25 Oct 2013
TEACHERS' WORKLOAD
Teachers' administrative workload rises
The Mercury, 24 Oct 2013
 Tasmanian government school teachers
are working longer, an AEU survey shows...
Devastating impact of budget cuts
showing, Michael
Ferguson website, 24 Oct 2013
Teachers' workload "horrendous", The Examiner, 24 Oct 2013
 GONSKI FUNDING
200 worse off under Gonski
SMH, 23 Oct 2013
More than 200 schools, including many in low
socio-economic areas, will be worse off under next year's Gonski-based
funding in NSW...
TASMANIAN EDUCATORS
Hardie Fellowship winners announced
Tas Govt media release, 23 Oct 2013
Winners of the 2013/14 Hardie Fellowships for
study or research in the USA have come from New Norfolk High, Jordan
River Learning Federation, Riverside High, Kings Meadows High and
Learning Services (South)...
EDUCATION FUNDING
Gonski and disability details announced
Tas Govt media release, 23 Oct 2013
Education minister Nick McKim has announced
details of funding for students' learning needs under the
Fairer Funding (Better Schools or Gonski)
model, as well as funding for students with disabilities under the
Respectful Schools Model for 2014...
Libs promise review of disability
funding, Michael
Ferguson website, 23 Oct 2013
EDUCATION STRATEGY
Learners First vision announced
Tas Govt media release, 22 Oct 2013
Education minister Nick McKim has launched the
Learners First Strategy for 2014-17...
SCHOOL FUNDING
Make government schools 'independent'
The Mercury, 20 Oct 2013
The federal Coalition wants to allow government schools to be
independently controlled by principals and parents, saying this will
boost enrolments and put students first...
Liberal 'independent' policy would be
elitist and set school against school, Nick McKim, Minister for Education and Skills, 20
Oct 2013
Tas Libs have "no plans" to follow Feds, Michael Ferguson website, 20
Oct 2013
Not for the greater good, says AEU head, ABC News, 21 Oct 2013
 SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook
change increases risk for teens
The Mercury, 19 Oct 2013
Facebook now allows people aged 13 to 17 years to post public
pictures and comments...
TASMANIAN EDUCATORS
Education excellence recognised
Tas Govt media release, 18 Oct 2013
Winners of the RBF Tasmanian Education Awards have been announced...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Port Sorell opened
Tas Govt media release, 18 Oct 2013
The new Port Sorell Primary School was opened by the Minister for
Education and Skills, Nick McKim today...
NATIONAL POLITICS
Shorten unveils shadow ministry
ABC News, 18 Oct 2013
Federal Opposition leader Bill shorten has unveiled Labor's shadow
ministry. The spokesperson on education and early childhood is Kate
Ellis...
ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOUR
US
government shutdown ends
BBC News, 16 Oct 2013
 The unbelievable political stalemate between the
Republicans and the Democrats is over, with an agreement being made
that funds the US government until 15 January next year ...
THE ENVIRONMENT
One Tree Per Child soon
Tas Govt media release, 15 Oct 2013
Tasmanian primary school students are to participate in Planet Ark's
One Tree Per Child international tree-planting program...
 LABOR LEADERSHIP
Shorten is new ALP
leader
ABC News24, 13 Oct 2013
Bill Shorten has defeated Anthony Albanese in the polite
battle to become federal Labor leader...
UPDATE, 14 Oct 2013: Tanya Plibersek has been elected Labor deputy
leader. Penny Wong has been elected Senate Labor leader.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook's privacy cuts explained
Washington Post, 12 Oct 2013
Facebook has announced it will make a change to existing
privacy settings, allowing some users' previously hidden profiles to
be seen by others ...
Now anyone can find you, CNet, 10 Oct 2013
STUDENT HEALTH
Avoiding addiction to smoking
Tas Govt media release, 10 Oct 2013
A guide has been launched to help young people avoid smoking
addiction...
Smoke Free Young People,
DHHS web page
Smoking: But it's the least of their problems [pdf]
 EDUCATION IN TASMANIA
Education has role in economic transition
Tas Govt media release, 10 Oct 2013
Education minister Nick McKim has outlined action the
government has taken to raise Tasmania's education standards and to
help Tasmania's children reach their potential...
NUMERACY SKILLS
Gonski commitment call
Tas Govt media release, 8 Oct 2013
The temporary closure of the federal government's Better Schools (Gonski)
website has prompted education minister Nick McKim to call for a
reaffirmation of commitment to the education reforms by the new
government...
NUMERACY SKILLS
Parents blamed
The Mercury, 8 Oct 2013
An economist blames parents for a
poor measure of student numeracy skills in Tasmania...
STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
ADHD drug suicide link
SMH, 5 Oct 2013
The suicide of a nine-year-old has drawn attention to suicidal
thoughts being a little-known side-effect of an ADHD medication...
TEACHING PROFESSION
Teacher status varies
The Guardian, 3 Oct 2013
The status and pay of teachers vary widely around the world...
Student outcomes higher if teachers
paid better,
Huffington Post, 3 Sep 2013
ASTRONOMY
Aurora alert
ips.gov.au, 2 Oct 2013
Auroras are expected in the night sky in Tasmania tonight (Wed. 2
Oct) following flare
activity on the sun...
For the latest message go
to the BoM Space
Weather Status Panel, click on Aurora Alert
Wild weather
Severe
weather warning (2 Oct 2013, BoM)
Weather
and FLOOD warnings (BoM)
Road closures and flooding (2 Oct 2013, Tas Police)
Road closures (The Examiner, 2 Oct 2013)
Aurora power outages
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