COURAGE
UNDER FIRE
Scholarship in memory of VC winner
Tas Govt media release, 31 Mar 2015
The state government will make a
$1,000 scholarship available annually to a North West Year 12
student in memory of Burnie-born VC winner Corporal Cameron Bird,
education minister Jeremy Rockliff and parliamentary secretary Guy
Barnett announced today...
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Make food education compulsory, says Oliver
The Guardian, 31 Mar 2015
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has launched a petition
calling on the Prime Minister to make food education compulsory in
Australian schools...
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
South Korean kids sure do pay for their education
The Conversation (opinion),
31 Mar 2015
South Korea ranks among the top in international league
tables of student testing, but the cost includes the damage to the
health and happiness of its kids when they grow up...
TASMANIAN EDUCATION DATA
Call to release enrolment figures
The Mercury, 29 Mar 2015 School merger supporter and Legislative Councillor Tony
Mulder has called for the Department of Education to release
individual school enrolment figures for the current school year...
STUDENT SUPPORT
The gifted with learning difficulties
The Conversation, 25 Mar 2015
Educators need to be able to
identify GLD students (students who are gifted with a learning
difficulty), an education lecturer says...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Support falls for students with a disability
ABC News, 21 Mar 2015
Almost half the parents surveyed
say their children with a disability have had their school support
funding reduced, the Tasmanian Disability Education Reform Lobby
says...
Schools struggle to help
disabled,
The Mercury, 24 Mar 2015
SEXUAL
ABUSE
Sexual misconduct allegation made
ABC News, 20 Mar 2015
An allegation of sexual misconduct has been made against
a teacher at Kingston's Calvin Christian School more than 25 years
ago...
Sexual abuse alleged, The Examiner, 20 Mar 2015
NATIONAL POLITICS
Malcolm Fraser dies
ABC News, 20 Mar 2015
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser has
died at the age of 84...
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
Less cumbersome discrimination for faith-based schools
Tas Govt media release, 19 Mar 2015
A Bill to make it easier for
religious schools to be allowed to consider the "religious beliefs,
affiliations or activities" of students when deciding whether or not
to enrol them has been introduced by the Attorney-General, Vanessa
Goodwin...
Excluding on the basis of
faith,
The Mercury, 19 Mar 2015
Law could be a cover for same-sex discrimination, and schools
involved should hand back their government funds, Nick McKim,
Greens education spokesperson, 19 Mar 2015
Schools get the right to reject, ABC News, 19 Mar 2015
SCHOOL BUDGETS
Budget reassurance
Tas Govt media release, 18 Mar 2015
Education minister Jeremy Rockliff
says that Tasmanian government schools will receive an increase in
the Fairer Funding Model budget component of at least five per cent
- based on their April 2015 enrolments, not on their preliminary
enrolments from October 2014 as suggested by Greens education
spokesperson Nick McKim...
Schools short-changed, The Mercury, 19 Mar 2015
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Tas teacher skills upgrade begins
Tas Govt media release, 18 Mar 2015 Tasmania's teachers will have the
opportunity to upgrade their skills to teach maths and science and
obtain an extra certificated qualification through the state
government's Developing Our Workforce Strategy,
the Minister for Education and Training, Jeremy Rockliff, said
today...
EDUCATION SYSTEM
How the system is failing the kids
The Conversation (opinion),
16 Mar 2015
Three academics identify six ways they say the
education system is failing our kids...
TASMANIAN TEACHERS
National award for teaching excellence
The Mercury, 14 Mar 2015 Illawarra Primary School teacher
David Gilkes has received an Australian Scholarships Group national
award for teaching excellence...
STUDENT RETENTION
Expel the culture of failure
The Mercury (opinion), 12 Mar 2015
Tasmania's student retention rate problem really is
serious and we are still waiting for the solution, UTAS academics
Eleanor Ramsay and Michael Rowan write...
Note that a letter to the Editor of
The Mercury (31 Mar 2015, p. 13) claims this article
incorrectly interprets TQA Year 12 completion data.
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Minister attends TasTAFE ceremonies
Tas Govt media release, 11 Mar 2015 It is the season to celebrate TasTAFE graduations...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
MDT upgrade for New Norfolk High
Tas Govt media release, 11 Mar 2015 The Minister for Education and
Training, Jeremy Rockliff, opened new design and technical
facilities at New Norfolk High School today...
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
Concern over widening opportunity gap
The Conversation, 11 Mar 2015
Robert Putnam's newly published book Our
Kids: The American Dream in Crisis highlights the
serious implications of today's children from wealthy families
having greater opportunities than in the past while working-class
children face mounting barriers...
SCHOOL FUNDING
Tax deductible donations for needy government schools
The Age, 10 Mar 2015
Disadvantaged government schools can now be given tax deductible
donations - through Australian Schools Plus...
Australian Schools Plus
Tax deductibility available
to schools in need, Christopher Pyne, Federal
Minister for education and Training, 10 Mar 2015
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Why Sweden's early learning is so good
The Conversation, 6 Mar 2015
Sweden leads the world in early childhood education,
three academics say...
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Kinders need 15 hours per week
Tas Govt media release, 6 Mar 2015
The federal government needs to
urgently respond to the Education Council's call for a minimum of 15
hours per week for children in kindergarten during the year before
entering Grade 1, education minister Jeremy Rockliff says...
TEACHER SALARIES
Unpaid
teachers require compensation
TasLabor media release, 5 Mar 2015
Compensation for teachers who were unpaid for the first
month of the year will have to come from taxpayers, Opposition
education spokesperson Michelle O'Byrne, says...
EDUCATION BUDGET
Does spending favour private schools?
The Mercury, 5 Mar 2015
Greens education spokesperson Nick McKim says the state
government has increased funding to private schools while cutting
back funding to government schools but education minister Jeremy
Rockliff says the same savings measures have been applied to both
sectors..
Non-government school funding increased but public school
funding slashed, Nick McKim, Greens Education
Spokesperson, 5 Mar 2015
Training, 5 Mar 2015
Minister has to explain non-government schools increase,
Michelle O'Byrne, Opposition Education Spokesperson, 5 Mar 2015
Percentage increase in funding is 2.6% for government sector but 2.4%
for non-government sector, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for
Education and Training, 5 Mar 2015
If government school funding has increased, how come programs are
being slashed?, Nick McKim, Greens Education Spokesperson, 5 Mar
2015
MY SCHOOL WEBSITE
Updated My
School data released
ABC News, 5 Mar 2015
ACARA have
published school performance and financial data
for 2014 on the My School
website...
My School website
My School 2015 [pdf], ACARA media release, 5 Mar 2015
Above-average gains by 15 Tas schools, ABC News, 5 mar 2015
Parents worry about My School accuracy, The Age, 5 Mar 2015
Future improvement at risk due to current cuts, Nick McKim,
Greens Education Spokesperson, 5 Mar 2015
STUDENT SUPPORT
Identifying Austism Spectrum Disorder
The Conversation, 4 Mar 2015
Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder is based on behaviour, not
blood or genetics...
STATE OF THE STATE REPLY
UTAS
partnership would be expanded
TasLabor website, 4 Mar 2015
Labor would expand the partnership between the government
and UTAS to ensure employers provide input into Tasmania's future
education system, Opposition leader Bryan Green said in his State of
the State reply speech...
Greens vision, Kim Booth, Greens leader, 4 Mar
2015
STATE OF THE STATE
Education a feature of Premier's message
Tas Govt media release, 3 Mar 2015
The Premier, Will Hodgman, outlined the government's plan
for education as part of his State of the State speech delivered in
Parliament today...
EDUCATION BUDGET
Parents to rally
The Mercury, 3 Mar 2015
Parents will rally outside Parliament House today
(Tuesday) to oppose cuts in education programs and teacher numbers...
Average class size to remain
below 25,
Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Education and Training, 3 Mar 2015
Some classes above 30, says Opposition, ABC News, 3 Mar 2015
Cuts driving class sizes up, says Opposition, The Examiner, 2
Mar 2015
Enough is enough, says mum, The Mercury, 4 Mar 2015
STUDENT WELLBEING
Student poll reveals lack of hope
ABC News, 1 Mar 2015
A Gallup poll shows that students'
enthusiasm for school declines year by year and an alarming
proportion of students lack hope for the future and believe they will not get a
good job...
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Term time holidays crackdown
SMH, 1 Mar 2015
NSW school attendance policy will now classify as
"unjustified" any student absences due to family holidays taken
during term time...
No term-time holidays, The Conversation, 5 Mar 2015
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