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
SCHOOL TRAFFIC ZONES
Drive safely in school zones
The Examiner, 31 Jan 2014
Police will be watching for motorists who disobey the reduced speed
limits in school zones when the school year resumes next week...
STUDENT RETENTION RATES
Retention to Year 12 is rising
ABC News, 29 Jan 2014
Retention rates from Year 10 to
Year 12 in Tasmania are increasing when direct instead of apparent
rates are used, former education minister Nick McKim says...
STUDENT RETENTION RATES
Retention to Year 12 falls
The Mercury, 29 Jan 2014
The Tasmanian apparent student retention rate from Year 10 to Year
12 in 2012 was 67 per cent, a deterioration from the 2011 figure of
70 per cent, the annual Report on Government Services shows...
Low retention rates justify
exrtending high schools to Year 12, Michael Ferguson website, 28 Jan 2014
SCHOOL STARTING AGE
Starting school too young is harmful
The Age, 26 Jan 2014
Australian children start school
before those in better-performing countries, which could harm the
learning prospects of students generally and disadvantaged children
in particular, experts say...
TEACHING PROFESSION
They change to teaching
news.com.au, 25 Jan 2014
Teaching is the most popular career change made by over-30s escaping
dead-end jobs, a survey by Open Universities Australia shows...
STUDENT HEALTH
Stand for a healthy body
Queensland Times, 24 Jan 2014
Requiring students to stand in the classroom could help solve the
obesity crisis, it has been suggested...
Melbourne school has standing
classroom,
Herald Sun, 10 Dec 2013
NATIONAL CURRICULUM REVIEW
Embed climate change
The Courier, 24 Jan 2014
Climate change should be embedded
in the curricula of a range of subjects to ensure it is taught by
every teacher from primary school onwards, an expert says...
EDUCATION COSTS
Tas schooling cheapest
The Mercury, 21 Jan 2014
Government and non-government schooling costs for parents
are lower in Tasmania than in other states, an Australian
Scholarships Group survey shows...
Reasons to plan for education
- TAS,
ASG media release, 21 Jan 2014
Real annual cost $2,000, says Smith Family, The Mercury, 24 Jan
2014
NATIONAL CURRICULUM REVIEW
Keep politics out of the curriculum
SMH (Opinion), 20 Jan 2014
Curriculum policy must not be
captured by people pursuing political agendas, federal education
minister Christopher Pyne writes...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM REVIEW
Review's short timeframe unrealistic
SMH, 18 Jan 2014
The national curriculum review is
likely to have little effect in New South Wales schools next year, a
curriculum bureaucrat says...
TASMANIAN POLITICS
Wightman to be education minister
Tas Govt media release, 16 Jan 2014
Attorney-General Brian Wightman is to replace Nick McKim as Minister
for Education and Skills...
New Labor Ministry, Tas Govt media release, 17 Jan 2014
Short time in the Ministry, The Examiner, 17 Jan 2014
TASMANIAN POLITICS
15 March election
ABC News 24, 2.15pm 16 Jan 2014
Tasmanian premier Lara Giddings has
announced that the state election will be held on Saturday, 15
March. Ms Giddings also announced that Parliament will be
recalled on 28 January...
Election date set, Tas Govt media release, Lara
Giddings, Premier, 16 Jan 2014
Parliament to be recalled, Tas Govt media release, Lara
Giddings, Premier, 16 Jan 2014
TASMANIAN POLITICS
Giddings sacks Greens
ABC News, 11.00am 16 Jan 2014
Tasmanian premier Lara
Giddings has sacked Greens ministers Nick McKim and Cassy O'Connor
from Cabinet, their positions as ministers to terminate from
tomorrow (17 Jan)...
STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
Muesli bar nut allergy concern
The Age, 16 Jan 2014
Muesli bars that could be dangerous for those with nut
allergies are being sold as "lunchbox friendly"...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Curriculum
review a frustration for teachers
Courier Mail (Opinion), 15 Jan 2014
Christopher Pyne's review of the
Australian Curriculum is unnecessary and unwelcome, writes
Christopher Bantick ...
Set to reignite literacy wars (Opinion), The Conversation, 15 Jan 2014
Educators express concerns, SMH, 14 Jan 2014
Kids hate political history anyway (Opinion), The Conversation, 14 Jan 2014
History
Lesson, Kudelka's cartoon, 13 Jan 2014
Reviewer has tobacco link, SMH, 12 Jan 2014
Review a political stunt, SMH, 11 Jan 2014
STUDENT RETENTION
Don College luring Year 10 students
The Advocate, 14 Jan 2014
Year 10 students in the North-West are being encouraged
to continue to Year 11 and 12 studies with the spending of $150,000...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Computer programming from kindergarten
SMH, 12 Jan 2014
The principles of computer
programming will be instilled in students from kindergarten onwards
under the technologies curriculum to be released soon...
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
Private school demand strong
The Mercury, 12 Jan 2014
Tasmania's expensive independent schools are catering for
an increasing demand but some smaller independent schools are
suffering from the effects of local economic decline...
TEACHING PROFESSION
Oldest teacher now 100
Washington Post, 10 Jan 2014
America's oldest teacher
still teaching, Agnes Zhelesnik, has turned 100...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Curriculum culture war looms
ABC News, 10 Jan 2014
Ensuring students are educated
about the heritage provided by Western civilisation appears to be
uppermost in the mind of federal education minister Christopher Pyne
as he sets up a review of the national curriculum...
Review of national curriculum
announced,
Aust Govt media release, 10 Jan 2014, Christopher Pyne, Minister for
Education
McKim condemns Pyne's curriculum review, Tas Govt media release,
10 Jan 2014, Nick McKim, Minister for Education
National curriculum the latest target in Coalition's culture wars
(COMMENT), Tony Taylor, The Conversation, 10 Jan 2014
Curriculum storm, The Mercury, 11 Jan 2014
STUDENT AND TEACHER SAFETY
Bullet-proof bookcase
The Age, 9 Jan 2014
An easily movable bookcase
containing a bulletproof shield has been designed by a Melbourne man
with the primary aim of providing protection for US classrooms...
OUTDOOR EDUCATION
New kayaking rules
The Mercury, 8 Jan 2014
Tasmanian kayakers now have to
always carry lifejackets, tethering devices if beyond 200 metres
from shore, strobe lights at night and even more safety equipment
when beyond two nautical miles from shore...
Roaring 40s kayak safety page
CLIMATE CHANGE
We made it hotter
The Conversation, 6 Jan 2014
Academics sum up their case for humans being largely
responsible for 2013 being the hottest year on record in Australia...
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