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EDUCATION FUNDING
Tax argument could see govt
schools lose federal funding
ABC News, 31 Mar 2016
 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
has suggested the states alone could directly fund their
government schools while the federal government retained funding
of non-government schools...
Plan to stop federal funding of public schools, The
Examiner, 31 Mar 2016
Plan would be disastrous for Tas, says McKim, The Examiner,
31 Mar 2016
Plan must be rejected by premier, Andrea Dawkins, Greens
education spokesperson, 31 Mar 2016
Two-class system would result, say parents, principals and
teachers' union, The Examiner, 31 Mar 2016
Funding should be needs based and sector blind, Gonski architect
says, ABC News, 1 Apr 2016
No access to quality education under plan, Michelle O'Byrne,
Opposition education spokesperson, 1 Apr 2016
Gonski funding critical, The Mercury (opinion by Brian
Mitchell), 16 Apr 2016
FAMILY
VIOLENCE
Role for schools in fighting
family violence
 The Age, 30 Mar 2016
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews says he will implement all of
the recommendations of his state's Royal Commission into Family
Violence which include:
- family violence training for government
school staff, and
- expanding respectful relationships education in
schools...
Respectful relationships training for Prep to Year 12,
ABC News, 30 Mar 2016
BASSLINK
Basslink fault found at last
 ABC News, 29 Mar 2016
The
fault in the Basslink cable has finally been pinpointed, but the
expected repair date has been pushed back a month till mid-June...
Diesel generation roundup, Matthew Groom, Minister for Energy,
29 Mar 2016
COMPUTER LITERACY
Test the teachers
 The Conversation (opinion by Amber McLeod and Kerry
Carabott), 29 Mar 2016
Compulsory testing of teachers' computer skills
prior to receiving teacher registration has been suggested
following claims that Australian students' declining computer
literacy is related to their teachers' lack of digital
competence..
YEARS
10-11 TRANSITION
Orientation days cut
The Examiner, 28 Mar 2016
 There will be no full-day
orientation day visits to Launceston
and Newstead colleges by local Year 10 students this year, a principal says...
College orientation days
to be scrapped, ABC News, 29 Mar 2016
Orientation approach unchanged in other colleges, Minister
for Education and Skills, 29 Mar 2016
 TERRORISM
Bomber hits Lahore
ABC News, 28 Mar 2016
At least 71 people have been killed by a suicide
bomber at a Lahore park, Pakistan...
 STUDENT
SUPPORT
Too many unaware of NLD
The Conversation (opinion by Barbara Rissman), 24 Mar 2016
Teachers and parents need to know about non-verbal learning
disability (NLD) in which children have a variety of cognitive
and functional limitations yet can possess good speech and reading
skills, an academic says...
TERRORISM
Explosions rock Brussels Airport
ABC News, 22 Mar 2016
 Bombs have exploded at Brussels Airport
and a Belgium metro station, killing at least 34 people...
Six people arrested, ABC News, 25 Mar
2016
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Bright students disadvantaged
ABC News, 22 Mar 2016
 The performance of bright
students at disadvantaged schools can be at least two years
behind similar students in wealthier schools, a Grattan
Institute report says...
 FEDERAL
POLITICS
Election showdown
ABC News, 21 Mar 2016
A double dissolution election on Saturday 2 July could result
from the current standoff between Prime Minister Malcolm
Turnbull and the Senate...
 GONSKI
FUNDING
Gonski battle ahead
The Mercury, 18 Mar 2016
With a federal election looming, state education
minister Jeremy Rockliff has announced his intention to pursue
the Coalition for years five and six Gonski funding...
Gonski knocking, The Examiner, 20 Mar 2016
I NTERNET ACCESS
Internet capacity restored
Tas Govt media release, 18 Mar 2016
Internode and iiNet customers can rest easy now that
full Internet capacity has been restored, information
technology minister Michael Ferguson says...
SEX EDUCATION AND BULLYING
Safe Schools fixes released
Aust Govt media release, 18 Mar 2016
 Federal education minister Simon Birmingham has
outlined a number of changes to be made to the LGBTI Safe
Schools educational material following a
review by
Professor Bill Louden..
Professor
Louden's review: more information
Review criticisms, The Conversation, 18 Mar 2016
Safe Schools must not be watered down, Andrea Dawkins,
Greens Education Spokesperson, 19 Mar 2016
Tasmania sides with Commonwealth over Safe Schools, ABC
News, 20 Mar 2016
Tas premier petitioned over Safe Schools, ABC News, 27 Mar
2016
Safe Schools differences aired in Launceston, The Examiner,
31 Mar 2016
Safe Schools working in Tas where implemented, Michelle O'Byrne,
Opposition education spokesperson, 19 Mar / 3 Apr 2016
BULLYING
Govt picks on bullies again
ABC News , 18 Mar 2016
 A new whole-of-government antibullying
approach includes changes to the Education Act requiring
Tasmanian schools to have in place unacceptable behaviour
strategies that cover bullying...
Bullies to face criminal
consequences, The Examiner, 18 Mar 2016
 MATHEMATICS
Maths ignorance
ABC News , 17 Mar 2016
Students are unaware of and unprepared for the level of maths they
will need in pursuing university courses, experts say...
 TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Building works loom
Tas Govt media release, 17 Mar 2016
Construction
projects at nine Tasmanian schools will be underway by the end
of the month, education minister Jeremy Rockliff said today ...
HEALTH
AND NUTRITION
Is it safe to have vegetarian
kids?
 The Conversation (opinion by Louisa Matwiejczyk),
17 Mar 2016
Children can be vegetarian and healthy
"with careful dietary planning", a practising dietician says ...
SEX
EDUCATION AND BULLYING
Safe Schools review criticised
ABC News, 16 Mar 2016
A favourable review of the LGBTI Safe Schools
program appears to have hardened the resolve of critics to
oppose its use in schools...
Safe Schools opposed by
Tas Uni Liberal Club, The Mercury, 16 Mar 2016
LITERACY
How is literacy taught?
The Conversation (opinion by Stewart Riddle and Eileen
Honan), 15 Mar 2016
 Two university lecturers provide
an overview of how literacy curriculum requirements are
implemented in Australian schools...
INTERNET ACCESS
Ample capacity assurance
Tas Govt media release, 15 Mar 2016
The state government has been assured by Telstra
that there is ample capacity for all internet users, information
technology minister Michael Ferguson says...
Approximately 60-70 per
cent more capacity by this evening (Tuesday), Internode and
iiNet statements, 15 Mar 2016
Is Basslink
Fixed?
EDUCATION ACT
Draft Education Act revealed
Tas Govt media release, 14 Mar 2016
 Education minister Jeremy
Rockliff has released the remaining proposed
changes to the Education Act. In addition to the new starting
and leaving ages already announced, proposed changes cover the
employment exemption from school attendance, non-attendance,
behaviour management, adult behaviour in schools, and more...
Reviewing Tasmania's
Education Act, DoE website
Draft Education Bill 2016 (full version)
Tackling truancy, The Mercury, 14 Mar 2016
Conferencing for parents of truants, ABC News, 14 Mar 2016
Early start will bring early learning benefits, Jeremy
Rockliff, Minister for Education and Training, 15 Mar 2016
Protection from violent parents, The Examiner, 16 Mar 2016
Earlier start critical (opinion by Jeremy Rockliff), The
Mercury, 22 Mar 2016
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Aussie teachers deprived of
training days
The Conversation (opinion by Anna Dabrowski), 14 Mar 2016
Australian teachers are provided with little more
than half the number of training days received by teachers in
other countries, a researcher says...
STREAMING
Here we go again
The Age, 13 Mar 2016
 To stream or not to stream, in
some subjects or for all? Just when you thought the issue had
been settled for the umpteenth time after weighing up
considerations of equity and excellence, it comes into focus
again. Perhaps the question would remain more settled if we
didn't have such a high turnover of teachers...
INTERNET ACCESS
Relief by Thursday
ABC News, 13 Mar 2016
ISPs Internode and iiNet say they will
have extra bandwidth by Thursday. [But they don't appear to have
said whether it will be sufficient. UPDATE Mon: A
Telstra spokesperson says only 60 per cent of the service will
be provided.]...
Help on way, The Examiner, 13 Mar 2016
There is a noticeable improvement this morning, Tue 15 Mar 2016
 SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE
Colleges have 20pc absenteeism
rate
The Mercury, 13 Mar 2016
Attendance rates at Tasmania's
eight colleges were overall just 79.6 per cent in 2014...
This article's READERS' COMMENTS are well worth
perusing.
 SOCIAL
MEDIA AND PREGNANCY
Social media use linked with fall
in teen pregnancies
Coffs Coast Advocate, 12 Mar 2016
A dramatic fall in the rate of
teenage pregnancies has coincided with an increase in the amount
of time teenagers spend on social media...
INTERNET ACCESS
Slow internet after cable cut
ABC News, 12 Mar 2016
Following yesterday's cutting of the Basslink cable,
some internet users, such as those with ISPs Internode and iiNet,
have been suffering slow internet access, apparently the result
of drawn out negotiations between their ISPs and Telstra for use
of another cable...
Internet interruptions are a commercial matter, Michael
Ferguson, Minister for Information Technology and Innovation, 12
Mar 2016
HEALTH
AND NUTRITION
Make pleasurable food programs
compulsory
ABC News, 10 Mar 2016
The Kitchen
Garden Foundation's Stephanie Alexander says food education
programs should be more or less mandated in schools...
 COMPUTER SECURITY
Smartphone banking malware alert
ABC News, 10 Mar 2016
Users of Android mobile phones who may have
downloaded apps from a source other than GooglePlay are at risk
from malware that could overcome two-factor authentication
protection when they do their banking online...
Android malware targets banks, StaySmartOnline, 11 Mar 2016
STARTING, LEAVING AGES
New starting and leaving ages
announced
The Examiner, 9 Mar 2016
 Premier Will Hodgman has
announced proposals to lower the school starting age to 4 years
6 months and to raise the leaving age to 18 unless the student
has completed Year 12 or has obtained a Certificate 3, to
effectively begin in 2020...
Earlier starting, later finishing ages, The Mercury, 9
Mar 2016
State of the State 2016, Will Hodgman, Premier, 9 Mar 2016
Ages shake-up, ABC News, 9 Feb 2016
Education shake-up, The Examiner, 9 Mar 2016
Resources needed to avoid education system overload, unions say,
ABC News, 10 Mar 2016
Will this structural change actually benefit students?,
Andrea Dawkins, Greens education spokesperson, 9 Mar 2016
Earlier start not supported by Early Childhood Association,
The Examiner, 10 Mar 2016
Significant jobs and business impact on early childhood sector,
The Mercury, 10 Mar 2016
Age changes improve access and equity, Jeremy Rockliff,
Minister for Education and Training, 10 Mar 2016
Education rollercoaster, The Mercury (editorial), 10 Mar
2016
EDUCATION RESOURCES
213 more teachers
The Examiner, 9 Mar 2016
Education minister Jeremy
Rockliff has announced that the government will be
able to employ 213 more teachers this year...
More teachers, structural change, supporting students in need,
Jeremy Rockliff media release, 9 Mar 2016
NAPLAN
My School updated
ACARA media release, 9 Mar 2016 [pdf]
 The My School website has been updated with NAPLAN
data from 2015... [pdf]
My School website
NAPLAN improvement across
the country, ABC News, 9 Mar 2016
List of Tasmanian schools demonstrating substantial NAPLAN
improvement, The Examiner, 9 Mar 2016
EARLY
CHILDHOOD
Kindy vulnerability concern
ABC News, 7 Mar 2016
 One in five children starting
school are developmentally vulnerable, an Australian Early
Development Census shows...
What parents do is
relevant, The Conversation (opinion by Edward
Melhuish), 8 Mar 2016
Four out of five developmentally ready, Simon Birmingham,
Minister for Education and Training, media release, 7 Mar 2016
LITERACY AND NUMERACY
School changers suffer
SMH, 6 Mar 2016
Students who change schools frequently are more
likely to perform poorly in NAPLAN tests, a report from the NSW
Department of Education shows ...
SEX EDUCATION AND BULLYING
Program supported
The Mercury, 6 Mar 2016
Support for the controversial LGBTI Safe Schools
program has come from Tasmanian parents with
children at risk of relevant bullying, but the Australian
Christian Lobby has asked for the program to be withdrawn from
Tasmanian schools...
Teachers often don't act
on gender-based bullying, The Conversation, 3 Mar 2016
 SCHOOL
ZONING AND TRANSPORT
Care urged with transport subsidy
The Examiner, 5 Mar 2016
Opposition education
spokesperson Michelle O'Byrne says generally students should not
be able to bypass their local school and still receive a
transport subsidy, the average annual payment being $3260 per
student...
 US
EDUCATION SYSTEM
Schools blamed for rise of Trump
Aust Financial Review, 5-6 Mar 2016 [pdf]
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump's supporters
include "white men who have graduated from high schools that
have taught them little", a former US State Department director
of policy says... [pdf]
EXTENSION TO YEARS 11 AND 12
High school and college partnerships taking off
Tas Govt media release, 5 Mar 2016
 Partnerships
of schools with Rosny College and with Don College have been
announced by education minister Jeremy Rockliff, as the
government seeks to pursue a variety of innovative models in the
quest to help students continue their education to Year 12...
Alliance formed, ABC News, 4 Mar 2016
EXTENSION TO YEARS 11 AND 12
Eighteen more schools extending
Tas Govt media release, 4 Mar 2016
The number
of urban and regional high schools extending their classes to
Years 11 and 12 will increase from 12 to 30 in 2017, education
minister Jeremy Rockliff says...
No threat to colleges,
claims Minister, The Mercury, 4 Mar 2016
Years 11 and 12 at more
schools, The Examiner, 4 Mar 2016
No danger to Don College,
Minister says, The Advocate, 5 Mar 2016
College teachers might have to move between schools, The
Examiner, 5 Mar 2016
 STUDENT
HEALTH
Five more nurses
Tas Govt media release, 2 Mar 2016
Five more school nurses are
being recruited to take the total this year to 15, education
minister Jeremy Rockliff says...
ELECTION COUNTBACK
Tasmanian Electoral Commission
media release, 1 Mar 2016
Nic
Street has been elected as the Franklin MHA to replace Paul
Harriss.
STUDENT
HEALTH
AND NAPLAN
Anxiety alarm
ABC News, 1 Mar 2016
Paediatrician Dr Elizabeth Green says there is an
anxiety epidemic among primary school children as a result of
the continual testing brought on by the NAPLAN program...
STUDENT
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
A child's brain needs good food
The Conversation (opinion by Natalie Parletta and Leonie
Segal), 1 Mar 2016
Poor nutrition and going hungry can adversely affect
a child's mental health, cognition and behaviour, two health
academics say...
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