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Tas plane crash bodies
found
ABC News, 31 Dec
2014
 The
wreck of the plane that crashed near Cape Raoul has been found with
two bodies inside, Tasmania Police have announced...
Recovery setback: winch rope
breaks,
ABC News, 1 Jan 2015
Plane wreckage recovered, ABC News, 6 Jan 2014
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
AirAsia plane crash: 7 bodies
recovered
ABC News, 31 Dec
2014
The
Indonesian navy has now recovered seven bodies from the
Java Sea in
the area where the AirAsia flight recently went missing...
30 bodies now recovered, ABC News, 3 Jan 2015
TEACHER
CUTS
Teacher cuts protest near Taste
entrance
The Mercury, 27 Dec
2014
 A group
of parents plans to hold a protest over teacher cuts near the
entrance to the Taste of Tasmania tomorrow (Sunday)...
Fear of jail for parent
protestors, The Mercury, 23 Dec 2014
Parents spread budget cuts
message at Taste, The Mercury, 28 Dec 2014
Musician Brian Ritchie to join rallies, The Examiner, 28 Dec
2014
BULLYING
Bullying negligence warning
The Examiner, 25 Dec
2014
 Schools that do not have proper anti-bullying policies
nor regularly review them are basically negligent, a child
psychologist says...
 THINKING
Father Christmas and magical thinking
The Conversation (opinion by
Rachael Sharman), 24 Dec
2014
A psychology academic
appears to question the existence of Father Christmas and suggests
he may be the result of a quirk of the human mind called magical
thinking...
 LEARNING
THROUGH PLAY
Can toys really be 'educational'?
The Conversation (opinion by
Nicola Yelland), 22 Dec
2014
Children gain more
educational benefit from toys if parents interact with them while
they play, argues a professor of education...
FEDERAL
CABINET
Cabinet reshuffled
 ABC News, 21 Dec
2014
Changes to Federal Cabinet
by Prime Minister Tony Abbott include David Johnston being
removed, Scott Morrison going to Social Services and a doubling of
the number of women to two...
Changes to the Ministry, Tony Abbott, PM, 21 Dec 2014
SCHOOL
CLOSURES
Meander Primary to close
 Tas Govt media release, 21 Dec
2014
The Meander Primary School community has
formally agreed with the DoE that the school will close at the end
of this year...
Avoca decided against closure, The Examiner, 21 Dec 2014
PATHWAY
PLANNERS
Counselling deluge looms after loss of
Pathway Planners
The Mercury, 21 Dec
2014
 School counsellors will be
inundated with requests for assistance once the State's
approximately 60 Pathway Planners have gone, Berry Dunston from the
Professional Counselling Association of Tasmania says...
TEACHER CUTS
Impact of teacher uncertainty
The Examiner, 20 Dec
2014
The mother of an eight-year-old boy with
autism has told of the anxiety he is suffering from not knowing who
his 2015 teacher will be...
STUDENT SAFETY
Most young kids can't swim properly
The Age, 20 Dec
2014
 Researchers are pointing
the finger of blame at the competing demands of the school
curriculum for three out of five primary school leavers being unable
to swim 50 metres unassisted or stay afloat for two minutes...
STUDENT SEXUAL
ABUSE
Teacher moved from Hutchins to
government system
ABC News, 19 Dec
2014
 A Hutchins teacher named at the
sexual abuse royal commission had moved from Hutchins to Taroona High in the mid
1960s, a witness said today...
Big jump in school sex-abuse
claims,
The Mercury, 20 Dec 2014
 COMPUTER EDUCATION
Steve Wozniak to retire in
Tasmania?
BRW, 19 Dec 2014
Apple co-founder and promoter of computer education
Steve Wozniak is buying a house in Sydney but appears to be thinking of
retiring in Tasmania...
COMPUTER
EDUCATION
Why computer coding needs to be
taught
 The Guardian (opinion), 19 Dec
2014
Students who learn how to write
computer code will be the winners as automation takes over more and
more jobs...
STUDENT SEXUAL
ABUSE
Former student gives evidence
The Mercury, 19 Dec
2014
A former Hutchins student has told
the student sexual abuse royal commission that he was sexually
abused twice at the school in 1963 or 1964...
TEACHER CUTS
System letting students down
The Mercury (opinion by
David Raw), 18 Dec 2014
The planned cuts to
teacher numbers in Tasmania will have harmful effects, but they also
draw attention to several serious questions about the future
direction of education, writes principals' leader David Raw...
TEACHER CUTS
Non-cognitive skills predict
student success but are not measured
The Conversation (opinion),
18 Dec 2014
Schools should be measuring and
promoting non-cognitive skills such as perseverance and
self-control, argue Nicholas Biddle and Sarah Ball from the ANU...
 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Personality, not intelligence, the biggest factor
ABC (The World Today), 17 Dec 2014
Personality factors, such as
conscientiousness, openness and emotional stability, have been found
to be more important than intelligence in predicting academic
success - and these factors are things that teachers and parents can
actually change in children...
No school today for Taroona High
students
ABC
Radio, 6.30am 17 Dec 2014
ABC Radio and the DoE
Facebook page say that Taroona High School is
closed for students today, due to storm damage. Staff are to attend
as usual.
DoE Facebook page
Taroona High Facebook
page
 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
Over 100 children killed in Pakistan school shooting
The Telegraph (UK), 16 Dec 2014
At least 141 people, nearly all of them children have been killed in
a Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan...
 TASMANIAN STUDENTS
Tassie's top ATAR students named
Tas Govt media release, 16 Dec 2014
The names of the top Year 11 and 12 students based on
ATAR results have been released...
Trio's highest scores fulfil goal, The
Examiner, 15 Dec 2014
SIEGE OVER
 Two hostages and gunman dead, five
injured
ABC News 24, 16 Dec 2014
The man at the centre of the siege at the Lindt
Cafe in Sydney was known for having sent letters to the
families of deceased soldiers.
Live blog of siege, ABC News, 16 Dec 20144
9news report of siege, 16 Dec 20144
EQUITY
AND CHOICE IN EDUCATION
Top schools 'top' because someone has to be bottom
The Conversation (opinion by
Maggie Callingham), 15 Dec 2014
The
academic success of the 'top' schools is due in part to social
stratification which ensures that large numbers of socially
disadvantaged students are taught in other schools...
 ASTRONOMY
Shooting stars tonight
Weatherzone, 14 Dec 2014
Look up in the sky towards the north
east for the meteor showers expected tonight (Sunday), although cloud might obscure
your vision...
Best time 11pm-1am, The Mercury, 14 Dec 2014
BUDGET
CUTS
Taste protests planned
The Mercury, 13 Dec 2014
Parents' groups are planning to hold
protests at the Taste of Tasmania over the effect of budget cuts on
schools...
 HOMEWORK
Homework promoting inequality?
news.com.au, 13 Dec 2014
Research
by PISA has found that students from wealthier backgrounds and
students in certain countries do significantly more homework than
other students...
Access the PISA research, OECD website
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Curriculum advice to be sought
news.com.au, 12 Dec 2014
 A meeting of education ministers has agreed to seek
ACARA's view on recommended changes to the Australian Curriculum...
First step towards improved
curriculum, Christopher Pyne, Minister for Education,
12 Dec 2014
BULLYING
Winners of anti-bullying videos announced
Tas Govt media release, 11 Dec 2014
Winners of the Bystander Stand Up Anti-Bullying Video
Competition have been announced by the Minister for Education and
Training, Jeremy Rockliff ...
BUDGET
CUTS
Current education policy harmful
The Mercury (opinion by
Terry Polglase), 11 Dec 2014
Before the election, the Premier
appeared to understand what needed to be done for education in
Tasmania, but the State government's current approach will harm
schools and students in many different ways, warns AEU State
President Terry Polglase ...
 EDUCATION SYSTEMS
The short-sighted problems of the East Asian education
culture
The Conversation (comment by
Ian Morgan), 11 Dec 2014
East
Asia's success in dominating measures of educational attainment
needs to be countered by the costs of increased time spent on schoolwork
by students: reduced creativity and flexibility, and severe myopia...
 TAFE
TasTAFE raises prices
The Examiner, 10 Dec 2014
TasTAFE has raised the
prices of its courses, the prices now based on each course's costs
per hour....
 TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
New kinder dodges negative starts
Tas Govt media release, 10 Dec 2014
A new Kindergarten at
Dodges Ferry Primary School will ensure local Southern Beaches
students experience a stimulating and positive start to their
education...
 STUDENT ATTITUDES
Most Tas students want to learn: survey
The Mercury, 10 Dec 2014
A University of Tasmania survey of Tasmanian students
shows that 73 per cent of primary and high school students believe
education beyond Year 10 is important...
STUDENT SEXUAL
ABUSE
Accused teacher still living
ABC News, 10 Dec
2014
A former Hutchins teacher believed to be dead
and against whom accusations of sexual abuse had been made at the
recent royal commission has been found alive and living in New
Zealand...
Extradition push, The Examiner, 10 Dec 2014
Tas Police to investigate accused teacher, The Mercury, 11 Dec
2014
'Dead' teacher denies abuse claims, The Examiner, 11 Dec 2014
Not true, says accused teacher, The Mercury, 12 Dec 2014
NAPLAN
Tassie passes NAPLAN
The Mercury, 10 Dec 2014
 Tasmanian students have performed reasonably well on the
latest NAPLAN tests, but ACARA has called on parents not to
implement their threatened boycott of next year's testing...
Year 9 not up to standard, The Examiner, 10 Dec 2014
More parents consider NAPLAN boycott, ABC News, 10 Dec 2014
NAPLAN report download page
BUDGET
CUTS AND SCHOOLS
Parents release proposal
The Mercury, 9 Dec 2014
The Tasmanian Association of State School
Organisations has proposed that the teacher cuts dispute be ended
with agreement on an 18-month pay freeze, reinstatement of
IT staff, and an extra $3.5 million in student support...
Put children first, says TASSO, The Examiner, 9 Dec 2014
Parents propose alternative plan, ABC News, 9 Dec 2014
The unions rejected the pay freeze idea, Jeremy Rockliff,
Minister for Education and Training, 9 Dec 2014 (but interestingly
the Minister does not specifically repeat the Treasurer's message that the
pay freeze proposal is now "off the table")
TASSO appalled the crisis has not been resolved,
The Mercury, 10 Dec 2014
Principals back wage freeze resolution, The Mercury, 11 Dec 2014
BUDGET
CUTS AND SCHOOLS
Public service unaffordable
The Mercury, 9 Dec 2014
Tasmania cannot afford to maintain its
current public service and there is no evidence a small increase in
class sizes would adversely affect educational outcomes, Tasmanian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry chief executive Michael Bailey
says...
Unions doing no service to the public, The
Mercury (opinion by Michael Bailey), 9 Dec 2014
TCCI figures don't add up, says professor, The Mercury (opinion
by Richard Eccleston), 18 Dec 2014
 TAFE
Learning from Victoria's TAFE mistakes
The Conversation (opinion by
Peter Noonan), 8 Dec 2014
TAFE funding was a key issue in the recent
Victorian election...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Geeveston Primary opened
Tas Govt media release, 8 Dec 2014
The old Geeveston District High School has been
transformed into a repurposed Geeveston Primary School which was
officially opened today by the Minister for Education and Training,
Jeremy Rockliff ...
 FINANCIAL LITERACY
Overprotective parents hindering acquisition of money
skills?
HeraldSun, 6 Dec 2014
About 40 per cent of parents are not
encouraging their children to have part-time jobs, a survey shows...
 TASMANIAN
STUDENTS
Jack Hale beats own record AGAIN
ABC Grandstand, 6 Dec 2014
St Virgil's College student Jack Hale has won the
under-18 100
metres sprint at today's All Schools National Track and Field
Championships in Adelaide with a new low of only
10.13 seconds. However, a tailwind will prevent this time replacing
Jack's existing record of 10.42 seconds.
BUDGET
CUTS AND SCHOOLS
Taroona parents plan NAPLAN boycott over Budget cuts
The Mercury, 2 Dec 2014
Taroona Primary's parents have
voted to remove their children from the May NAPLAN tests as a way of
protesting against the Budget's staffing cuts...
Parents urged to remove
children from NAPLAN testing, ABC News, 3 Dec 2014
Albuera Street parents join campaign, The Mercury, 5 Dec 2014
Combined Primary Schools Band under threat from Budget cuts, ABC
News, 5 Dec 2014
 DRIVER
EDUCATION
L2 licence queue to shorten
Tas Govt media release, 2 Dec 2014
The government will allow specially authorised driving
instructors to perform the L2 assessments of novice drivers, the
Minister for Infrastructure, Rene Hidding, said today...
STUDENT SEXUAL
ABUSE
Safety assurance from Hutchins board
ABC News, 2 Dec
2014
The chairman of the Hutchins board has written
to parents reiterating an apology for past sexual abuse and assuring
them that their boys are now safe...
LITERACY
eReaders have surprising benefits
The Conversation (opinion by
Ryan Spencer), 1 Dec 2014
 Teachers who use eReaders
with students are pleasantly surprised by their built-in useful
features, the way their font-resizing capacity makes reading
easier for reluctant readers, and an increased engagement with books by
older readers...
BUDGET
CUTS AND SCHOOLS
Parents
galvanised over budget cuts
The Mercury, 1 Dec 2014
Parent groups are planning public meetings over the effect
of budget cuts on schools, beginning in Hobart on 9 December...
Community meetings being
organised,
The Examiner, 30 Nov 2014
Treasurer rejects parents' call to renegotiate with teachers,
ABC News, 1 Dec 2014
Education minister rejects pay pause proposal, The Examiner, 1
Dec 2014
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