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FINANCE
AMP Chair resigns
ABC News, 30 Apr 2018
 AMP chairwoman Catherine
Brenner has resigned following recent damning revelations at the
banking industry royal commission...
EDUCATION
REFORMS
Change our mass education model,
says Gonski
ABC News, 30 Apr 2018
 Australia needs to move
away from teaching and progressing students by year levels and
adopt an individualised learning and progress system, a panel
chaired by David Gonski says...
Do we need this plan to
overhaul education?, The Conversation, 30 Apr 2018
But developing the general capabilities would not be so
straightforward, The Conversation, 3 May 2018
Inclusive schooling helps those left behind, The
Conversation, 3 May 2018
Democratic schools philosophy supports Gonski 2.0, The
Conversation, 4 May 2018
 ROAD SAFETY
School zones targeted
The Examiner, 30 Apr 2018
Police will focus on speeding in school zones and near
bus-stops this week...
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
NW ag education boost
ABC News, 27 Apr 2018
A $5 million Agricultural Centre of
Excellence will be established at Burnie, education minister
Jeremy Rockliff announced today...
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Korean leaders meet
ABC News, 27 Apr 2018
North Korea's leader Kim Jung-un crossed his country's
southern border today to meet South Korea's president Moon
Jae-in...
 TASMANIAN
SCHOOLS
Brighton's high school
consultation
Tas Govt media release, 24 Apr 2018
Community consultation
over the establishment of a new Years 7-12 high school in
Brighton has been announced by education minister Jeremy
Rockliff...
TEACHING
PROFESSION
Tassie's future teachers ranked
highest in literacy test
The Examiner, 22 Apr 2018
 Tasmania's future
teachers have topped the nation in a test of literacy skills and
have scored above the average in numeracy...
NAPLAN
NAPLAN taking toll on students
and teachers
ABC News, 21 Apr 2018
 It is time to take a timeout on NAPLAN to
assess its impact on teaching and learning, a former principal
says...
 EQUITY
Aussie schools far too socially
divergent
The Conversation (opinion by Laura Perry), 20 Apr 2018
Needs-based funding is not enough to make
up for the educational inequalities caused by Australia's
socially-divergent school system, an academic writes...
TEACHING
PROFESSION
Trinity deputy returns
ABC News, 17 Apr 2018
 The deputy principal of
Melbourne's Trinity Grammar, who had lost his job over cutting a
student's hair, has returned to his old position...
 TEACHING
PROFESSION
Teaching unattractive
The Conversation (opinion by Nan Bahr and Jo-Anne
Ferreira), 16 Apr 2018
Two academics outline
seven reasons why people no longer wish to enter the teaching
profession (sparking a large number of comments from readers)...
 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Games fury
ABC News, 15 Apr 2018
Channel 7's
Commonwealth Games commentators have expressed their anger over
not being allowed to televise the entry of Australia's athletes
into the arena tonight...
WEATHER ALERT
Wind
warning
Bo M website, 15 Apr 2018
Damaging winds gusting to
120km/h in the south and on the
Central Plateau and 100-110km/h in most other places are
expected from early Monday morning...
BoM
warnings
Power outages (TasNetworks)
Road
closures (Tas Police)
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
US bombs Syria
ABC News, 14 Apr 2018
The United States, Britain and
France have bombed targets in Syria associated with chemical
weapons...
TEACHING
PROFESSION
Haircut deputy offered job back
ABC News, 11 Apr 2018
The deputy headmaster
of Melbourne's Trinity Grammar, who had been sacked for cutting
a student's hair on school photo day, has been offered his job
back following a review...
 TASMANIAN
PRINCIPALS
Wenn knows when to go
The Examiner, 11 Apr 2018
Launceston College
principal Keith Wenn has announced he will step down on Friday
this week, saying the college's current quality of staff and
quality of programs make it a good time to go...
 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Third gold for Titmus
The Examiner, 10 Apr 2018
Tasmanian swimmer
Ariarne Titmus won the 400 metres freestyle race tonight, her
final Commonwealth Games tally being three gold medals and one
silver....
LITERACY
Phonics check needed
The Conversation (opinion by Jennifer Buckingham and
Kevin Wheldall), 10 Apr 2018
A UK-style phonics check conducted on very young South
Australian children shows that such a one-to-one teacher
administered test of phonics ability is needed, two academics
write....
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Titmus wins her gold
The Examiner, 9 Apr 2018
Tasmanian swimmer
Ariarne Titmus has finally won an individual gold medal at the
Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, finishing seven seconds
ahead of her second-place rival in the 800 metres freestyle....
NAPLAN
NAPLAN condemnation
ABC News, 9 Apr 2018
A world expert says the NAPLAN writing test
marking scheme is "bizarre" and students could get top marks by
adopting approaches that if maintained would lead to poor
writing habits...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Cosgrove consultation
Tas Govt media release, 8 Apr 2018
Community consultation
over Cosgrove High School's $20 million Years 11 and 12
redevelopment has been launched, education minister Jeremy Rockliff said today...
HEALTH
Free flu jabs
Tas Govt media release, 7 Apr 2018
 Tasmanian children
under five years but aged six months or older will be able to
receive free flu vaccinations, health minister Michael Ferguson
has announced. Certain other groups are also eligible for free
flu injections...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Sorell revamp
Tas Govt media release, 7 Apr 2018
A $22 million K-12
redevelopment of Sorell School, which will be accompanied by the
establishment of Tasmania's first Early Learning Hub, will
commence before the end of 2018-19, education minister Jeremy
Rockliff said today...
TEACHER NUMBERS
Planning for 250 teachers under
way
Tas Govt media release, 6 Apr 2018
 A round table of
stakeholders has been formed in preparation for adding 250 new
teachers over the next six years to areas in need of teachers
with special expertise, education minister Jeremy Rockliff said
today...
STEM teacher recruitment a focus, The Examiner, 8 Apr 2018
 MOBILE PHONE POLICY
Ban mobile phones?
ABC News, 4 Apr 2018
Australia should
consider following France's lead and ban student mobile phone
use in schools, federal education minister Simon Birmingham says...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
YouTube shooting
ABC News, 4 Apr 2018
 A woman fatally shot herself after shooting
three other people at YouTube headquarters in California...
 EDUCATION AND THE ECONOMY
Huge cost of declining scores
ABC News, 3 Apr 2018
Australia's falling
education results will cost the economy $120 billion over 45
years, the Public Education Foundation says...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Winnie Mandela dies
ABC News, 3 Apr 2018
 Winnie Madikizela-Mandela,
South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of
Nelson Mandela, has died at the age of 81...
FALLING
OBJECTS
Splashdown!
CNBC, 2 Apr 2018
Remnants of the Chinese
space station have burnt up over the South Pacific Ocean...
 TASMANIAN
POLITICIANS
Jocelyn Newman dies
The Examiner, 1 Apr 2018
Jocelyn Newman, former
Tasmanian senator, federal minister and mother of former
Queensland premier Campbell Newman, has died at the age of 80...
APRIL FOOLS DAY
April Fool's Day
latest
news.com.au, 1 Apr 2018
Some of the best 2018 April Fool's Day pranks.
See also:
April Fool's Day 2018 pranks, lifehacker.com.au
April Fool's Day marketing pranks debunked, thedrum.com
The best April Fool's Day pranks of 2018, time.com
Businesses launch April Fool's Day jokes via Facebook, The
Examiner, 1 Apr 2018
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