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BULLYING
Bullying and the law
Tas Labor
website, 28 Feb 2014
 An anti-bullying discussion paper was released today by
the Attorney-General, Brian Wightman...
Anti-Bullying Discussion Paper [pdf]
STATE ELECTION: SCHOOL CLOSURES
Schools to close: claim
Tas Liberals media release, 28 Feb 2014
 Labor and the Greens are holding off forced school closures until
after the election, the Liberals say...
"Deceitful" scare campaign by
Libs, say Labor, The Advocate, 28 Feb 2014
Sack Ferguson for scare campaign, say Greens, Tas Greens
website, 1 Mar 2014
Ferguson under fire, The Advocate, 3 Mar 2014
Does
Hodgman back Ferguson?, Tas Labor website, 4 Mar 2014
STATE ELECTION: ADULT LITERACY
More literate
adults
 Tas Labor
website, 28 Feb 2014
Labor has promised to expand their 26 Ten
adult literacy program and add new initiatives in a "ten year blitz"
on adult literacy...
STATE ELECTION: HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Healthier canteen food
The Mercury, 27 Feb 2014
 The Greens have pledged a $1 million plan to tackle
childhood obesity by reducing the amount of food high in fats and sugar in school
canteens...
 STATE ELECTION: AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
Money for Hagley
The Examiner, 28 Feb 2014
The Liberals have promised to give $100,000 to the Hagley
Farm School to enable it to develop into a centre of excellence in
agricultural education...
Growth plan for Hagley Farm
Primary School, The Mercury, 28 Feb 2014
STUDENT HEALTH AND NUTRITION
 Bowen Road healthiest
The Mercury, 27 Feb 2014
Bowen Road Primary School has won the Move Well Eat Well
Award...
 STUDENT HEALTH
Screen addiction alarm
The Advocate, 26 Feb 2014
An addiction to their electronic devices by young people
is causing sleep deprivation and problems at school, a Tasmanian
mental health services provider says...
 STUDENT HEALTH
Selfie lice fear
Digital Trends, 25 Feb 2014
The increasing number of teenagers
putting their heads together to take selfies is causing a rise in
head lice cases, a lice treatment expert says...
ELECTION POLICIES: STUDENT HEALTH
 Nurses in schools promise
Will Hodgman website, 25 Feb 2014
Under a Liberal government child health and youth health
nurses would be introduced into government schools, Opposition
leader Will Hodgman says...
Where will the money for the
nurses come from?, ALP website, 25 Feb 2014
SUPERANNUATION
Cut super scheme, says MLC
 The Mercury, 24 Feb 2014
The Defined Benefits Superannuation
Scheme should be axed for current government employees, who would be
transferred to the less generous scheme that applied after 1999,
Member of the Legislative Council Greg Hall says...
STATE ELECTION: AUTISM
Ten-year autism plan from Greens
Tas Greens website, 23 Feb 2014
The Tasmanian Greens have promised to support those with
autism and their families with a ten-year whole-of-government and
whole-of-life plan...
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
How to turn a school around
Grattan Institute, 21 Feb 2014
Low-performing schools CAN be turned around, the Grattan
Institute says...
Rooty Hill succeeded, SMH, 22 Feb 2014
Sunshine a model, The Age, 22 Feb 2014
Ravenswood Heights praised, The Mercury, 24 Feb 2014
COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS
Schools rely on BYO devices
SMH, 21 Feb 2014
 Many NSW schools now require students to bring their own
computer devices to school...
BYOD policy documents:
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in Schools: Literature Review [pdf]
Student Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Guidelines [doc]
Student Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Student Agreement [doc]
TASMANIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM
Tasmanian illiteracy 'disturbing'
 ABC Lateline, 19 Feb 2014
Federal education minister Christopher Pyne responds to
an ABC Lateline program's argument that there is "a disturbing level
of illiteracy in Tasmania" ...
Experts alarmed over Tas
literacy levels, ABC News, 20 Feb 2014
Kids would benefit from school closures, Tasmanian economic expert
says, The Mercury, 21 Feb 2014
 TEACHING PROFESSION
Train teachers well
SMH (Opinion), 18 Feb 2014
Quality education depends on
properly selected and trained teachers, writes federal education
minister Christopher Pyne...
Eminent experts to provide
advice,
Christopher Pyne, Minister for Education, 19 Feb 2014
'Faddish' training to be reviewed, The Examiner, 20 Feb 2014
 STATE ELECTION: GONSKI REFORMS
Libs support full Gonski
ABC News, 16 Feb 2014
The Tasmanian Liberals have now joined the push for the
full six years of Gonski reforms to be funded by the federal
government...
Libs pledge Gonski-plus, Tas Liberals website, 15 Feb 2014
SHORT-TERM DECISION-MAKING
Selling schools backfires
SMH, 16 Feb 2014
Raising funds in the past by selling off inner-city
schools with falling enrolments has backfired for the NSW government
now that inner-city student numbers are rising again...
 KITCHEN GARDENS
Eating produce they grow themselves
Tas Govt media release, 13 Feb 2014
The 24 Carrot Gardens project which enables young
students to grow produce they can cook and eat has been introduced
to the Jordan River Learning Federation and Risdon Vale Primary ...
BULLYING
Respect, not bully
Tas Govt media release, 7 Feb 2014
Bullying in Tasmanian schools is being tackled through
the Respectful Schools Respectful Behaviour
resource and through a forum with a Mainland expert in May for which
free tickets must be obtained by Friday 21 March...
 STUDENT RETENTION RATES
Retention rate decline accelerating
Michael Ferguson website, 6 Feb 2014
Apparent retention rates are falling
at an accelerating rate and the Year 12 completion rate is only 47
per cent, Opposition education spokesman Michael Ferguson says...
 TRUANCY
Truancy convictions overturned
ABC News, 6 Feb 2014
The Supreme Court has overturned the conviction in
Devonport of parents who had refused to send their son to school on
the grounds he had severe allergies ...
STUDENT AND TEACHER HEALTH
Measles alert
Tas Govt media release, 6 Feb 2014
Watch out for measles symptoms, particularly if you have
recently been to Richmond, TMAG, Mt Wellington, Mt Field, the
Botanical Gardens, Port Arthur or the Hobart Tower Motel...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
New Norfolk MDT boost
Tas Govt media release, 5 Feb 2014
Upgraded MDT facilities at New Norfolk High School were
unveiled today...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Waimea kindy boost
Tas Govt media release, 5 Feb 2014
Expanded kindergarten facilities at Waimea Heights
Primary School have been completed...
 SCHOOL TRAFFIC ZONES
Police schools blitz today
ABC Radio, 5 Feb 2014
Police will be closely monitoring
school 40km/h traffic zones today.
STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
Peanut allergy ordeal on first day
Herald Sun, 4 Feb 2014
In a timely reminder for teachers, parents and
students everywhere, a Victorian girl suffered a severe allergic
reaction upon coming into contact with peanuts at school on her
first day, but the school had an anaphylaxis plan and school staff
responded swiftly...
GONSKI REFORMS
Gonski bus tours Tas
The Mercury, 4 Feb 2014
The AEU will use their Gonski van to pressure the federal
government into upholding the full six-year Gonski funding
commitment instead of limiting it to four years...
 NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Getting the facts straight in sex
education
SMH, 3 Feb 2014
Students should not learn about
non-straight sexual relationships at school and only heterosexual
teachers should teach sex education, one of the federal government's
national curriculum reviewers appears to have said in 2004...
STATE ELECTION: STUDENTS WITH A
DISABILITY
Libs to review disability support
Michael Ferguson website, 3 Feb 2014
The Liberals will establish an
independent review of the education of students with a disability,
Opposition education spokesperson Michael Ferguson says...
 STATE ELECTION: EXTENDING HIGH
SCHOOLS TO YEAR 12
Year 12 pledge would reduce subject choice
Tas Govt media release, 3 Feb 2014
The Liberals' plan to extend
high schools to Year 12 is far too costly and will destroy the wide
choice of subjects that the current critical mass in colleges
provides, education minister Brian Wightman says...
Colleges would not close under Libs' Year 12 plan, ABC News, 3
Feb 2014
Libs will not close colleges, Michael Ferguson website, 5 Feb
2014
LOCAL AUTONOMY FOR SCHOOLS
Autonomy for government schools
ABC News, 3 Feb 2014
Federal education minister
Christopher Pyne's Students First policies
will provide local autonomy to up to 25 per cent of government
schools...
MPs to promote independence for government schools, Aust Govt
media release, Christopher Pyne, 3 Feb 2014
Launch of autonomy for schools policy, Christopher Pyne, 3 Feb
2014
STATE ELECTION: LITERACY AND NUMERACY
TEACHERS
Libs promise literacy and numeracy teachers
ABC News, 3 Feb 2014
The Liberals will spend $8 million
employing 25 new literacy and numeracy teachers, Opposition
education spokesperson Michael Ferguson says...
AEU welcomes Libs' plan for
specialist teachers, The Examiner, 3 Feb 2014
AEU wants details of Libs' specialist teachers plan, The
Advocate, 3 Feb 2014
25 new literacy and numeracy specialists, Michael Ferguson
website, 2 Feb 2014
 GOVT VS NON-GOVT SCHOOLS
Paying fees no guarantee of better education
Courier Mail, 2 Feb 2014
It is not that a private school education per se is
better, but what counts is the quality of the principal and teachers
and the socio-economic status of the students, David Gillespie
argues in his book Free Schools...
 SCHOOL ZONING POLICY
But what about the ending of bus subsidies?
The Examiner, 1 Feb 2014
The
AEU warns that the Fairbrother report's recommendation to end
subsidising student bus travel beyond local schools is at risk of
being lost...
Scrap the bus fare subsidy,
says AEU,
The Mercury, 3 Feb 2014
SCHOOL ZONING POLICY
No change to school home area policy
The Mercury, 1 Feb 2014
New education minister Brian
Wightman has abandoned the Tasmanian government's plans to require
students to enrol in their local school...
No longer pursuing
out-of-home-area policy, The Examiner, 1 Feb 2014
School zone changes ditched, ABC News, 1 Feb 2014
Too late now that payments made, The Advocate, 4 Feb 2014
School Home-Area Maps, DoE website
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