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STUDENT HEALTH
13 Reasons Why: care needed
The Conversation (opinion by Sharyn Burns), 31 May 2018
 Season 2 of the
confronting Netflix teen issues series 13 Reasons
Why may place some young people in need of mental
health assistance.The programs need to be watched by students
and their parents together, followed by a discussion, an
academic warns...
GENDER EQUALITY
Parents to blame?
ABC News, 29 May 2018
Gender disparities are perpetuated by parents, a survey by Kids
Contribute and the ABC suggests, with parents giving boys more
pocket money but expecting girls to perform more household tasks...
NAPLAN
Bring on diagnostic testing
ABC News, 29 May 2018
 Immediately useful individualised diagnostic
testing should be the assessment focus, not NAPLAN, the head of
NSW's education department and former ABC head Mark Scott says...
UNIFORM POLICY
Skirts, pants and human rights
ABC News, 28 May 2018
 Non-government schools across Australia
could face legal complaints as a result of their school uniform
policies not allowing for gender-free clothing, the South
Australian Equal Opportunity Commissioner says ...
CURRICULUM
Addressing the crowded curriculum
The Conversation (opinion by Don Carter), 28 May 2018
 Curriculum refinements
such as reducing the number of a subject's teaching outcomes to
be assessed are preferable to a blanket reduction in the number
of subjects overall, an academic writes...
ABORIGINAL
RECONCILIATION
Don't Keep History a Mystery
Tas Govt media release, 28 May 2018
 Government support for
National Reconciliation Week's theme 'Don't Keep History a
Mystery' includes the Tasmanian Histories and Cultures Framework
curriculum, Aboriginal affairs minister Jacquie Petrusma says...
TASMANIAN
SCHOOLS
New Norfolk redevelopment
TAs Govt media release, 28 May 2018
 A refurbishment of New
Norfolk High School's facilities for Years 11 and 12 and younger
students was opened today by education minister Jeremy Rockliff...
FEDERAL
POLITICS
Martin joins Nats
ABC News, 28 May 2018
 Jacqui Lambie's Senate
replacement and former Devonport mayor Steve Martin has joined
the National Party, making it slightly easier for the Federal
Government to negotiate with the Senate...
SOCIAL CHANGE
Surprising abortion vote
ABC News, 27 May 2018
 An Irish abortion laws referendum has
resulted in 66.4 per cent of voters supporting liberalisation...
What happens next?, ABC News, 27 May 2018
WORLD
POLITICS
Trump cancels summit
ABC News, 24 May 2018
President Donald Trump has called off the meeting he was to have
with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore next month...
Kim Jong-un and Trump
still determined to meet, ABC News, 27 May 2018
FEDERAL
POLITICS
Five by-elections on 28 July
ABC News, 24 May 2018
The by-elections for Braddon and four other electorates where
the originally elected members were caught up in the citizenship
saga will be held on Saturday 28 July, a date the ALP has set
for its national conference...
TAFE
TasTAFE audit report released
Tas Govt media release, 24 May 2018
 The
Minister for Education and Training, Jeremy Rockliff, has tabled
the audit report on TasTAFE that addresses the use of credit
cards and questionable recruitment practices...
Download TasTAFE Internal Audit Report, May 2018 [pdf]
TasTAFE audit report released, The
Examiner, 24 May 2018
TasTAFE report calls for code of conduct investigations, ABC
News, 24 May 2018
Problems finally laid bare, TasLabor website, 24 May 2018
STUDENT
SAFETY
Alarm over 'harmful' Netflix
series
ABC News, 23 May 2018
Many schools are
warning parents about the second season of 13 Reasons Why,
a Netflix series that includes teenage suicide and sexual
assault themes in such a way that staff are concerned that
vulnerable students could be placed in even more danger...
STUDENT
SAFETY
Ropes injury
ABC News, 23 May 2018
 A Queensland school
camp has been cancelled and the students sent home after a Grade
9 student was critically injured on a high ropes course...
Boy expected to recover, ABC News, 28 May 2018
NAPLAN
Extend NAPLAN?
The Conversation (opinion by John Munro), 22 May 2018
There are pressures for NAPLAN testing to
incorporate creativity and thinking skills, an academic writes...
UTAS
Uni buys Hobart hotel
UTAS, 22 May 2018
 The University of Tasmania has purchased the
Midcity Hotel on the corner of Bathurst and Elizabeth Streets to
turn it into student accommodation...
WEATHER
ALERT
Strong winds warning now includes
Hobart
BoM, 21 May 2018, 10.52pm
 Strong winds gusting to over 100km/h are
forecast for tonight and early tomorrow (Tuesday) morning in
Central and Southern Tasmania including Hobart...
UPDATE:
Severe weather warning
now cancelled but winds below 100km/h to continue, 6.25am, Tue 22 May 2018
BoM
warnings
Power outages (TasNetworks)
Road
closures (Tas Police)
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
 Royal
wedding goes off without a hitch
ABC News, 19 May 2018
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been married at Windsor
Castle.
They become the Duke and Duchess of Sussex...
SCHOOL
SHOOTINGS
Student opens fire in US school
ABC News, 19 May 2018
 A 17-year-old student has killed two teachers
and eight fellow students (earlier reported as one teacher and
nine students) in a Texas high school as well as
injuring ten others...
NAPLAN
NAPLAN hinders creativity
The Conversation (opinion by Rachael Jacobs), 18 May 2018
The focus on NAPLAN testing hinders the
creative process and may turn students into bad writers, an
academic writes...
NAPLAN needs to value
rural, regional and remote students, The Conversation, 18 May 2018
CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT
Student attentiveness monitored
in high-tech classroom
nasdaq.com, 17 May 2018
 Classroom CCTV cameras
linked to computer software enable teachers in a Beijing school
to obtain an attentiveness score for each student based on
facial expressions and behaviour...
NAPLAN
Make NAPLAN more useful
The Conversation (opinion by Geoff Masters), 17 May 2018
NAPLAN needs to continue its online push to
become an adaptive testing regime that focuses on individual
students' skills rather than on year levels, ACER's CEO says...
AURAL
PERCEPTION
World divided over Laurel vs
Yanny
The Guardian, 16 May 2018
Which do you hear from this computerised voice - "Laurel" or "Yanny"?
(The outcome varies between people and also between sound system
speakers depending on their frequency response.)...
See also the
Gold vs blue dress issue, Time, 27 Feb 2015
NAPLAN
Abandon NAPLAN
The Conversation (opinion by Nan Bahr and Amanda
Pendergast), 16 May 2018
NAPLAN has been a distraction that has not
improved literacy and numeracy skills, two academics write...
LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL ELECTION
Howlett wins
ABC News, 15 May 2018
 Liberal Jane Howlett has won the
Legislative Council seat of Prosser, defeating Labor's Janet
Lambert, with Independent Steve Mav in third place...
Final election result for
Prosser, Tas Electoral Commission, 15 May 2018
NAPLAN
Rockliff supports review
The Examiner, 15 May 2018
Tasmania's education minister, Jeremy
Rockliff, says he supports a review of NAPLAN testing...
TEACHING
PROFESSION
Now the principal steps down
ABC News, 15 May 2018
 After the popular
"traditional values" deputy principal of Melbourne's Trinity
Grammar had been sacked then reinstated over giving a student a
haircut, the less popular principal, who had been prioritising
measurable academic achievement, has decided to resign...
NAPLAN
NAPLAN vital
The Conversation (opinion by Peter Goss), 15 May 2018
The NAPLAN testing system provides us with
information about changes in achievement by Indigenous and
disadvantaged students, achievement differences between states
and individual schools that can lead to identification of
successful approaches, and literacy and numeracy skill changes
over time, a Grattan Institute researcher says...
NAPLAN
NAPLAN tests not relevant
The Conversation (opinion by Katina Zammit), 14 May 2018
NAPLAN testing needs to change with the
times, assessing more complex and online skills, an academic
says...
TERRORISM
Another terrorist attack in
Indonesia
ABC News, 14 May 2018
 A terrorism attack at
an Indonesian police station today follows an attack on another
police station last night and three church attacks earlier
yesterday...
COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION
Gaming a career path
ABC News, 14 May 2018
Creating and playing video games such as esports is presenting
students with a new career path opportunity and rescuing many
students who would otherwise have given up on furthering their
education...
NAPLAN
NAPLAN tests valuable
ABC News, 14 May 2018
Criticisms of NAPLAN testing are not
supported by the evidence, the Centre for Independent Studies
says...
Schools reopen today
DoE website, last checked 14 May 2018,
8.02am
 All government schools
are set to reopen today (Monday 14 May), a message on the DoE
website says.
However, it might be advisable to keep checking
the
DoE alerts page this morning just in case any unanticipated issues arise.
Information about Catholic and independent schools and
colleges will presumably be provided by those
organisations.
St Aloysius School (Roslyn Avenue and Huntingfield)
will have a
STUDENT FREE DAY today due to flood damage
(ABC Radio, 14 May 2018).
 The
UTAS Sandy Bay campus will reopen (ABC
News, 13 May 2018) on Monday. Further information is now on the
UTAS website.
Road
closures (Tas Police)
WEATHER ALERT
Severe
weather passes
BoM website,
updated 13 May 2018
 The BoM says there is no longer a severe weather
warning. However, flood warnings are being maintained for the
North Esk and
South Esk...
BoM
warnings
Power outages (TasNetworks)
Road
closures (Tas Police)
More
than 40 schools closed today
ABC Radio, 11 May 2018
 Many government and non-government schools and colleges
in southern Tasmania will be closed today, following the
flooding from last night's extreme weather event.
The
DoE
list of schools that are closed (updated at 10.47am) is:
Albuera St Primary
Blackmans Bay Primary
Campbell
Street Primary
Cygnet Primary
ECIS – Hobart
Elizabeth
College
Franklin Primary
Gagebrook Primary
Glenora
District
Goulburn St Primary
Herdsmans Cove Primary
Hobart College
Huonville Primary
Huonville High
Illawarra Primary
Kingston High
Kingston Primary
Lansdowne Crescent Primary
Lenah Valley Primary
Margate
Primary
New Town Primary
Molesworth Primary
Mt Nelson
Primary
Princess St Primary
Sandy Bay Infant
South Arm
Primary
South Hobart Primary
Taroona High
Taroona
Primary
Tasman District
Waimea Primary
Rose Bay High is OPEN
Non-government schools that are closed are:
Corpus Christi Catholic School
Cottage School, Bellerive
Dominic College
Fahan School
Friends' School (had earlier announced it was open)
Hutchins School
John Paul II Catholic School
Mt Carmel College
Sacred Heart College
St Aloysius School (Roslyn Avenue and Huntingfield)
St Brigid's Catholic School
St James Catholic College
St Mary's College (Junior and Senior)
Tarremah Steiner School
Collegiate is
OPEN (Friends' is no longer open).
The University of Tasmania will be
closed today (all southern campuses).
The closure of many Hobart streets is amplifying the
usual morning traffic congestion in the city.
BoM
warnings
Power outages (TasNetworks)
Road
closures (Tas Police)
 BUDGET
REPLY
Budget Reply speech delivered
ABC News, 10 May 2018
Federal
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has made a bigger tax refund to
more Australians the feature of his Budget Reply speech...
 RETENTION TO
YEAR 12
Year 10-12 retention rises
Tas Govt media release, 10 May 2018
The Year 10 to 12
direct retention rate is at an all-time high at 71.6 per cent,
evidence that the government's high school extension program is
working, education minister Jeremy Rockliff says...
FEDERAL POLITICS
High Court rules against eligibility
ABC News, 9 May 2018
 Citizenship
renunciation issues will force Braddon Labor MP Justine Keay to
face a by-election following today's High Court ruling that
Senator Katy Gallagher was ineligible to be elected on the
grounds of similar citizenship issues...
Five by-elections loom, ABC News, 9 May 2018
FEDERAL
BUDGET
The Budget's highlights for
schools
The Conversation (opinion by Andrew Norton and Glenn
C. Savage), 9 May 2018
Areas of
school education featuring in the 2018-19 Federal Budget are:
the Schooling Resource Standard (progressive rise in
funding)
the National
Schools Chaplaincy Program
early childhood
education
early learning
languages program
Sporting Schools
program
the MoneySmart
Teaching program
the supply of
quality teachers
...
FEDERAL
BUDGET
Budget delivered
ABC News, 8 May 2018
The Federal Treasurer, Scott
Morrison, has delivered the 2018-19 Budget. ...
Winners and losers (ABC)
Better education opportunities, Simon Birmingham Minister
for Education, 8 May 2018
For more on education spending see
Guaranteeing the Essential Services on the Budget Papers
website
Budget Papers
website main page
 TEACHING
PROFESSION
Adaptability a good
characteristic
The Conversation (opinion), 8 May 2018
Being adaptable in the
classroom improves a teacher's well-being and makes them more
likely to stay in the profession, three academics argue...
WEATHER ALERT
Winds
have passed
Bo M website, 7 May 2018
Tonight's period of damaging winds is finally over....
BoM
warnings
Power outages (TasNetworks)
Road
closures (Tas Police)
TAFE
Clarence C of E consultation
begins
Tas Govt media release, 7 May 2018
Consultation over the Water and Trades Centre of
Excellence to be established at Clarence commenced today...
TASMANIAN
ELECTIONS
Valentine to win in Leg Co
election
ABC News, 6 May 2018
Counting for the
Legislative Council seats of Hobart and Prosser is well under
way, with Independent Rob Valentine being set to return in
Hobart and the Liberals' Jane Howlett currently ahead in a
three-way tussle in Prosser...
Tas Electoral Commission
results
 TEACHING
PROFESSION
Use our best teachers better
ABC News (opinion), 4 May 2018
The Gonski 2.0 review recommends that career pathways
for teachers need to be improved...
NAPLAN
Dump NAPLAN?
ABC News, 4 May 2018
NAPLAN testing is being used dishonestly as
a school rating system and should be scrapped, NSW education
minister Rob Stokes says...
NAPLAN
NAPLAN bandwidth fear
ABC News, 2 May 2018
Some Western Australian schools will
restrict student computer use in the rest of the school to
ensure enough bandwidth is available for students completing
NAPLAN tests online...
TASMANIAN
POLITICS
Surprise Speaker
ABC News, 1 May 2018
 Former lord mayor and new
Liberal MHA Sue Hickey has been elected Speaker of the House of
Assembly, to the surprise of her Liberal colleagues who had
expected Rene Hidding to be elected to the role...
SEXUAL ABUSE
Pell to stand trial
ABC News, 1 May 2018
 Cardinal George Pell is to stand
trial on about half of his original historical sexual offence
charges...
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