NEWSLETTER: AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION DIGEST 2009
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"the best and most dependable source of news in school education in this or any other country"
Professor Brian J. Caldwell, September 2009
Managing Director, Educational Transformations Pty Ltd
Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne (Dean of Education 1998-2004)
15-12-09: Editorial Comment: WACSSO secedes; Comparing School Performance: League tables, not-league tables, principal autonomy (sic); School Accountability: Bring back school inspectors, says AEU; Indigenous Education: Encouraging parents to participate in schools; Research: Arts, technology; Early Childhood Education: National standards, Australian Early Development Index, census of 5 year olds; Higher Education: Results, funding, results, funding, results; Around the States & Territories: (17 items); Conferences & Events: iNet online conference for students; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
08-12-09: Opinion: Stop bagging public education: Michael Kirby; Prizes & Awards: Clean Up Australia Day Green Teacher Award; Scientology in Schools: Public funding; Research: School system inadequate: ACER; Early Childhood Education: Role of child care, new standards, more funding needed; Student Income Support: Youth Allowance changes; International Education: Baird Review interim report; Around the States & Territories: (15 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
01-12-09: Education Revolution: Shows promise - rating the revolution; Improving Teacher Quality: Investing in teachers; Indigenous Education: Noel Pearson charts a brighter future; Science Education: New UK curriculum, PATS; Scripture & Ethics: NSW plans ethics classes, Anglican church objects; Health & Well-being: bullying, survey of student concerns, schoolies advice; Early Childhood Education: Importance of play, fallout from Senate Report & ABC Learning; Gender Equity in Education: Advocating for girls’ sport; Awards & Prizes: National History Challenge, Schools First; Around the States & Territories: (15 items); Conferences & Events: (10 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
24-11-09: Comparing School Performance: We agree with the Minister ...; Chaplains in Schools: Reaction to renewed funding; Literacy: Call to parents; Student Income Support: Youth Allowance changes; Health & Well-being: Crawford Report; Indigenous Education: Australia 'regressive'; Early Childhood Education: Senate report; Competition & Fundraiser: Living Fundraisers; Around the States & Territories: (12 items); Conferences & Events: (5 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
17-11-09: Comparing School Performance: Parents, teachers, principals express concern about league tables; Education Revolution: ANSN National Forum; Improving Teacher Quality: Wages linked to test results; Student Income Support: Youth Allowance changes; Funding: National Partnerships, Local Schools Working Together; Science Education: Australian students turn away; Early Childhood Education: Learning from UK; Around the States & Territories: (12 items); Products & Resources: SoapStream Hand Hygiene System; Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
10-11-09: Awards & Prizes: teaching awards; Ministerial Council: MCEECDYA discussions; School Leadership: Engaging with Asia; Comparing School Performance: The League Tables website unveiled; Opinion: Chris Bonnor, Kevin Donnelly; Building the Education Revolution: School buildings on track; Science Education: Science ed for global citizenship; Rural & Regional Education: New funding for rural students; Higher Education: Private providers cry foul; International Education: Lots of questions, no answers; Health & Well-being: PE key to low-income health; Social Inclusion: HEAT; Around the States & Territories: (17 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
03-11-09: Health & Well-being: ACSSO endorses Classmate, Weigh-PAK; Comparing School Performance: ACARA's Hill stumbles on league tables; Professor Caldwell Lets Rip: Calls Education Revolution a failure; Building the Education Revolution: Gillard adjusts BER funding; Transparency & Accountability: Show us our money; Maths Education: The skills loss; Indigenous Education: Aboriginal content will keep kids at school; Opinion: Jane Caro on teacher who spurned Idol; Early Childhood Education: ECA survey fallout; Research: Signposts report; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
27-10-09: Improving Teacher Quality: Not enough qualified teachers; School Leadership: Fed govt talks to principals; Building the Education Revolution: Labs delayed; Research: Disruptive students, classroom ICT; Digital Education Revolution: Computers delayed; Engaging with Young People: Youth Ambassador for Health Research, National Conversation, Community Centres, Youth Forum Challenge; Indigenous Education: Footprints in Time, remote housing, Charlie Perkins Scholarships, National Curriculum; Health & Well-being: cyber safety, depression & alcohol; Early Childhood Education: Health guidelines, South Australian directions; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: (3 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
20-10-09: National Education Conference: Parents Unite; Anti-Poverty Week: Homeless children need education; Sustainable Schools: Solar panels program frozen, Bond Uni wins award; Building the Education Revolution: Report card released; Indigenous Education: Make it Count; Rural & Regional Education: more Youth Allowance fallout; Early Childhood Education: New uni places for teachers; Special Needs Education: Digital products for autistic students; Cyber Safety: ACMA extends cybersafety education ; Health & Well-being: Target pre-teens to prevent youth violence; Tertiary Education: Unis get infrastructure boost; International Education: Industry faces change; Around the States & Territories: (14 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
13-10-09: Comparing School Performance: Call to focus on schools' and students' progress; Comparing Student Performance: NAPLAN questioned; Student Behaviour: Bullying, classroom dsicipline; Human Rights Education: AHRC Report; Free Schools: The 'free schools' of Sweden; Religion, Ethics & Education: Religion versus ethics; Regional & Rural Education: Helping drought-affected families with education expenses; Early Childhood Education: New approach to early years curriculum; Indigenous Education: New individual funding; Mathematics Education: New funding; Tertiary Education: Unis do well in world rankings; Around the States & Territories: (12 items); Conferences & Events: ANSN Forum; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
29-09-09: Commonwealth-State Focus: Ministerial Council (MCEECDYA); Major National Event: Music Count us In 2009; Publications for Parents: Adproofing Your Kids; Competitions: SunRice’s Children Helping Children; Indigenous Education: Stronger Smarter Summit; Opinion: Brian Caldwell, Tony Taylor, Charles Leadbeater; Improving Teacher Quality: Reflections from the Scottish Teacher Scheme; Prizes & Awards: Schools First, Dorothea MacKellar Poetry Awards; Research: Study shows staying at school key to success in job search; Digital Education Revolution: Microsoft offers massive student discounts on Windows 7; Mathematics Education: Maths drain subtracts top talent; International Education: Baird Review issues paper; Around the States & Territories: (14 items); Conferences & Events: Beyond Beliefs; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
22-09-09: Comparing School Performance: What happened in Chicago, New York, UK; comment from AEU, SOS, APPA, Sunday Telegraph; Teacher Education: National Mapping of Teacher Professional Learning Report; Safety in Schools: Assaults in Qld primary school; Homework: (home)work, no play; Building the Education Revolution: don’t believe everything you read; Digital Education Revolution: A new vision; Early Childhood Education: $970 million Universal Access, AEDI; Dance Education: QUT honours eight giants; Around the States & Territories: (9 items); Conferences & Events: Beyond Beliefs; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
15-09-09: Assessing Literacy & Numeracy: 2009 NAPLAN results; Towards a National Curriculum: Curriculum Authority CEO Appointed; Comparing School Performance: Tables good, tables bad; Teacher Education: Teach For Australia, residencies; Opinion: Barack Obama, Tanveer Ahmed, Angelo Gavrielatos; Research: OECD report, technologies in primary schools; Building the Education Revolution: Issues with BER; Funding: Reviewing where the money goes; Digital Education Revolution: Girls miss the IT boat; Indigenous Education: Why hasn't this been fixed?; International Education: Guides, commissions, roundtables galore; Censorship in Schools: Twilight books banned; Around the States & Territories: (16 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
08-09-09: Safety in Schools: Teachers urged to take strong stance on schoolyard violence; Science Education: Lost for words at this science; Building the Education Revolution: Gillard under fire; Rural & Regional Education: Regional higher ed, transport issues; Digital Education Revolution: Cyber-safety, e-readers, school computers; Funding: A Market Model of Education? Indigenous Education: NT bilingual education, funding; Opinion: Boys, who cares? Mathematics Education: Numeracy in practice; International Education: AEU calls for standards, Gillard returns from India; Tertiary Education: Reforms and bills; Around the States & Territories: (16 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
01-09-09: Building the Education Revolution: Primary Schools for the 21st Century; adjustments, government promotion signs; Rural & Regional Education: Youth Allowance changes; Funding: Private schools' $2.6b bonus; Indigenous Education: literacy, intervention, free pre-schools; Opinion: Diane Ravitch, Jack Keating; Science Education: Physics teachers not up to scratch, comment on STELR; Mathematics Education: Maths Olympiad gold; International Education: Gillard in India, Senate Inquiry, Aus unis in India; Tertiary Education: Lecturers to strike; Research: Report calls for 'bold reform', smaller schools do better; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Conferences & Events: (3 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
25-08-09: Comparing School Performance: Parents speak up; School Bus Safety: Preventing further tragedies; Improving Teacher Quality: Merit-based pay; Building the Education Revolution: Gillard to the Rescue; Rural & Regional Education: Youth Allowance changes; Indigenous Education: Funding initiatives, disability research; Science Education: STELR program; Homework: Charities plead for homework clubs; Funding: $21 million for non-profits; Health & Well-being: Consuming Kids; International Education: Safeguarding overseas students; Research: ICT in teacher training; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
18-08-09: School Bus Safety: A needless and avoidable tragedy; Improving Teacher Quality: Rewarding Quality Teaching, Teach For Australia; Comparing School Performance: Provide rich data; Indigenous Education: $7 million to help close the gap; Digital Education Revolution: Dump textbooks for e-books; Cyber-bullying: Surviving Cyber-bullies; Art Education: Venice Biennale, Anthony Browne; Opinion: Reclaiming public education; Research: School library resourcing, Australia’s Young People; Early Childhood Education: Early Years Learning Framework, AEDI; Higher Education: Coalition fails Australian students; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Fundraising Ideas: Bendy Friends; Conferences & Events: Indigenous Literacy Day; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
11-08-09: Comparing School Performance: Ken Boston backs testing and reporting; Cyber-bullying: The internet is not a friendly place; Opinion: Ross Fitzgerald on the Education Revolution; International Education: Bruce Baird heads Review; Sex Education: WA Catholic schools to shun Govt website; Indigenous Education: Intercultural training vital; Rural & Regional Education: Youth Allowance changes; Early Childhood Education: Vacancies go online, support to get kids school-ready; Health & Well-being: Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden National Program; Community Education: Funding boost; Around the States & Territories: (16 items); Conferences & Events: Building school partnerships with commerce & industry; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
03-08-09: Education Revolution: Julia Gillard at the ALP National Conference; Health & Well-being: Mental health - cluster suicides; International Education: College closure, swine flu, dodgy operators; Comparing School Performance: Publish school results; Cyber-bullying: Fed govt funds pilot program, research; Indigenous Education: Mentoring in Sydney, PISA shows students disadvantaged; Digital Education Revolution: Future of the book, immersive learning; Tertiary Education: $550million for infrastructure, financial crisis, plagiarism, drop-outs, degrees do work; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Conferences & Events: Future Directions in Literacy, Asian Conference on Education, National Coalition against Bullying; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
28-07-09: International Education: Roundtable; Comparing School Performance: League tables; Cyber-bullying: Treat threats seriously, says Kennett; Building the Education Revolution: Auditor General to investigate schools stimulus; Digital Education Revolution: OLPC laptops for kids; Opinion: The need for quality teachers, Adele Horin; Gender & Education: AWE guidelines; Tertiary Education: Book copyright changes; Vocational Education: WorldSkills International; Awards & Prizes: PM's Awards for Skills Excellence Winners; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: (5 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
21-07-09: Comparing School Performance: more on league tables, informing parent choice; Funding: Coalition Must Rule Out School Vouchers; Cyber-Safety: Launch of Cyber-Smart Schools’ Gateway; Digital Education Revolution: Principals gagged on school computer scheme comments; Building the Education Revolution: Principals claim state regulations 'curb innovation'; Opinion: A renewed challenge to parents and families, Barack Obama; Research: The implications of poverty on child readiness to learn, Cultural Diversity, Cosmopolitan Citizenship & Education; Awards & Prizes: (3 items); Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: ACER Research Conference, CHERI Annual Conference, London International Conference on Education, NAEYC Annual Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
14-07-09: Comparing School Performance: Alan Jones Interview with Hon Julia Gillard MP; Digital Education Revolution: Diverse industry calls to fast-track roll-out of school computers; Cyber-Safety: Research shows Australian children have more links online, more risk-aware; Funding: Debate: The Public Funding of Private Education is Unconscionable; Early Childhood Education: First three years the key, public consultations; Awards & Prizes Closing Soon: NEiTA Inspirational Teachers Awards, Schools First; Around the States & Territories: (17 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
07-07-09: Building Partnerships: Schools First; Comparing School Performance: League tables; Building the Education Revolution: Spelling death for school trees; Funding: New strategies should fund kids not schools; Single-Sex Education: Girls more competitive in single-sex school; Health & Well-being: (3 items); Improving Teacher Quality: New approaches to teacher training; Indigenous Education: Education is the key to closing the gap; Early Childhood Education: Ensuring children are “school-ready”, Around the States & Territories: (12 items); Conferences & Events: QCPCA Annual State Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
30-06-09: Science Education: former US Secretary of Education Richard W Riley; Digital Education Revolution: First teach the teachers; Building the Education Revolution: $810 million to secondary schools; Innovative Education: 'Education systems too narrow': Sir Ken Robinson; Comparing School Performance: those league tables; Comparing Teacher Performance: Teacher rating website stays online; Indigenous Education: Education the key to keep indigenous kids out of jail; International Student Safety: (2 items); Research: OECD Report: Learning helps keep a check on size of our figures; Around the States & Territories: (14 items); Conferences & Events: (14 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
23-06-09: Educational Equity: Gillard's "progressive consensus"; Comparing School Performance: more on league tables; Building the Education Revolution: questions about how the money is spent; Rural & Regional Education: Greens & Coalition call for inquiry into Youth Allowance changes; Indigenous Education: School is only part of an education; Cyber-Bullying: Authorities powerless; Teacher Education: University of Melbourne to Teach for Australia; Student Retention: Can online courses re-engage drop-outs? Early Childhood Education: New child care closure requirements; Health & Well-being: Junk food, smoking; Vocational Education: $200 million for TAFEs; Research: OECD International Survey; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
16-06-09: Comparing School Performance: Do no damage principle abandoned; Building the Education Revolution: Minister tots up P21 rollout + a few queries; Education Tax Refund: Don't forget to claim; Indigenous Education: AEU Submission to Senate Committee; Early Childhood Education: Imaginary friends OK + US literacy research; Tertiary Education: Compulsory unionism returns + degrees for the poor; Health & Well-being: Junk food advertising + unhealthy PE teachers; International Education: international students safety & welfare; Awards & Prizes: Awards for Teaching Excellence, NEiTA ASG Inspirational Teacher Awards; Around the States & Territories: (14 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
09-06-09: Rural & Regional Education: Youth Allowance changes hit rural students; Building the Education Revolution: Distance education uqalification for funds; Towards an Australian Curriculum: Move to widen national curriculum; Bullying: Developments around the country; Awards & Prizes: NEiTA winners, Teaching Awards closing soon; Digital Education Revolution: Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills; Opinion: The Independence of Education - Jenny Allum, SCEGGS; Tertiary Education: Are universities failing our teachers?; Health & Well-being: How many junk food ads do our children see on TV? Around the States & Territories: (9 items); Conferences & Events: ; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
02-06-09: Comparing School Performance: League tables, Agitating for change; Pressure on Private School Parents: Private schools bankrupting parents; Cyber-Bullying: Governments get involved; Parents & Schools in Partnership: Tying education to future goals; Towards an Australian Curriculum: National teaching standards; Science Education: Teacher Earth Science Education Programme; Tertiary Education: New legislation, ACER research shows uni pays off; Vocational Education: Tech colleges join education system, AEU research; Building on the Education Revolution; International Education: Acknowledging the role; Around the States & Territories: (9 items); Awards & Prizes: ATOM Awards 2009; Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
26-05-09: Parents & Schools in Partnership: The importance of parental influence; Comparing School Performance: (3 items); Towards an Australian Curriculum: (2 items); Cyber-Bullying: (4 items); Recycling Technology to Make a Difference: Old Phones, New Fence Posts; Building the Education Revolution: $1.3 billion to 9,490 schools; Indigenous Education: Aboriginal education needs goals; Health & Well-being: (3 items); Community Education: Investing in community education; Early Childhood Education: Code on hold; History Education: Histrionics; Mathematics Education: Better Teaching; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: Education Week; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
19-05-09: Cyber-bullying: NSW girls expelled as discussion heats up; Parental Internet Control: Internet Filtering and Monitoring Software; School Performance: Devil in the detail: the fear behind league tables; Languages Education: Endeavour Language Teacher Fellowships; Homework: Conclusions About Homework; Early Childhood Education: NSW pre-schools becoming unaffordable, ABC child care; Improving Teacher Quality: Relief loans for teacher grads; Tertiary Education: Foreign student fees, budget criticism; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Conferences & Events: Education, Policy and Research Forum; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
12-05-09: Budget 2009: a summary of links to points affecting parents and schools;A National Issue: Bullying: more disturbing accounts from around the country; School Performance: discussion about league tables remains robust as Tas newspaper starts publishing; Homework: Canadian study shows homework only helps older students; Curriculum: Australian Curriculum Board announces four shaping papers; Mathematics Education: The Music of Maths; Early Childhood Education: Australia ranks low in international report, new management, parental leave; Health & Well-being: school canteens; Around the States & Territories: (7 items); Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
05-05-09: A National Issue: Bullying; Compact with Young Australians: learn or earn; Family-School & Community Partnerships: Schools First; School Competition: Does inter-school competition really lift standards? Indigenous Education: literacy in remote communities, Mick Dodson; Special Needs Education: No security for teachers of special needs pupils; Languages Education: Asia Endeavour Awards, Endeavour Language Teacher Fellowships; Higher Education: Survey confirms education can overcome disadvantage; Resources: MunchMonitor; Around the States & Territories: (15 items); Conferences & Events: (3 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
28-04-09: Funding: Fairness and funding, Investing in vocational education, University funding makes economic sense; School Environment: UK study shows quality of schools local environment affects student attitudes; Discipline: Suspending students leads to other problems; Early Childhood Education: Building a better picture of Australian childrens development; Technology & Education: Laptop 'magic' lures young back to school in remote WA & NT; Health & Well-being: Lunchbox treats a calorie overload for kids; Around the Staes & Territories: (16 items); Conferences & Events: National Online Conference for Parents, MLTAV Annual Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
21-04-09: Attracting Quality Teachers: Pathways to attract the best graduates into teaching; Retaining Students: OECD final report released, learn or earn; School Performance: Transparency in Schools, Ministers fail on league tables; Family-School & Community Partnerships: Schools First; Indigenous Education: Indigenous children fall further behind every year they're at school, NT educators responsible for Indigenous 'underclass'; Early Childhood Education: ABC2 Group announcement, NSW child-care rent fiasco; Health & Well-being: (4 items); Awards & Prizes: closing soon; Around the States & Territories: (10 items); Conferences & Events: National Values Education Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
14-04-09: National Public Education Forum: Papers Available Online; Planning & Reform: MCEETYA Action Plan 2009-2012 Responses; Family-School & Community Partnerships: Schools First; Technology & Education: Alacrity Technologies; Early Childhood Education: Early Learning Framework; Indigenous Education: Indigenous Community Festivals; Higher Education: Gillard v Pyne; Around the Staes & Territories: (10 items); Awards & Prizes: Prime Minister's Prizes for Science and Science Teaching, ASG Inspirational Teacher Awards; Conferences & Events: Lyn Allison at National Education Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
07-04-09: Building the Education Revolution: National School Pride program, discussion about funds for private schools; School Performance: more on league tables; Early Childhood: early years learning framework; Health & Well-being: Sensory play 'key to beating autism'; TEeacher Supply: Teaching enrolments drop; Around the States & Territories; Awards & Prizes (14 items): Unsung Hero Award, Environmental Song for Australia Contest, National Art & Poetry Competition for Secondary Students; Conferences & Events: Australian Group on Severe Communication Impairment Conference, Boys & Learning: Developing Emotional Intelligence and Engagement through an Understanding of Behaviour, Communities in Control Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
31-03-09: National Public Education Forum: Proceedings; National Education Conference 2009: Early Bird Registration open; Building the Education Revolution: Update; Literacy: The sound and the fury about making sense of written words; Digital Education Revolution: Additional funding for new computers in 512 schools; Remunerating Teachers: Pressure pays off; Awards & Prizes: (8 items); Early Childhood Education: (6 items); Health & Well-being: Using Mobile Phones to Monitor Teenagers Mental Health; Tertiary Education: Back to the future: the return of a reformer; Around the Staes & Territories: (8 items); Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
24-03-09: Literacy: phonics, grammar under scrutiny; Maths Education: Smartkiddies, McDonald's; School Performance: Gillard urged to ban league tables; School Size: Small schools fail students; Safety in Schools - Bullies turn to hi-tech torment (NZ); Asian Langauge Education: New partnership fund to boost Asian languages in Schools; Civics & Citizenship Education: Students consider a new preamble for the Australian Constitution; Early Childhood Education: Kinder Surprise; Tertiary Education: Selling their souls for a university education; International Education: (2 items); Professional Development Resources: Principal Conversations; Awards & Prizes: Young Simpson Prize Winners Announced; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
17-03-09: Water Conservation in Schools: BlueScope Water, Irrigation & Water Technologies, state resources; Conferences & Events: World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development; Awards & Prizes: Australian Awards for Teaching Excellence, National Awards for Excellence in School Music Education, Schools First, Environmental Song for Australia Contest, Australian Museum Eureka Prizes; Indigenous Education: Positive Progress in Closing the Gap Welcomed; Early Childhood Education: Free resource for Children's Services; Tertiary Education: the reviews are mixed for the Government's bold response to the Bradley Review; Around the States & Territories; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
10-03-09: Mathematics Education: Australian crowned World Maths Day Champion while local teaching is in crisis; Inclusive Education: Support for school students with autism, Australian of the Year Mick Dodson to tour Australian schools; Research: Keep kids at school longer for core skills; Tertiary Education: Government prepares for higher education funding overhaul in light of Bradley Report; Vocational Education: 336 More Schools to Benefit from Trades Training Centres; Early Childhood Education: $955 million for preschool services; Prizes & Awards: Inspirational teaching for head start; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
03-03-09: Australian Awards for Teaching Excellence; Research: More support needed for new teachers, Schools do matter, Alcohol Education; Health & Well-Being: Generation Next, alcopop tax; Indigenous Education: Noel Pearson slams Kevin Rudd, Position created to drive effort to close indigenous gap; English Education: literature in the national curriculum, Time to value English; Early Childhood Education: Building a highly-skilled workforce; Tertiary Education; Exporting Education; Opinion: Trevor Cobbold, Gordon Brown; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
25-02-09: National Public Education Forum: Places for Parents; Public / Private: State school enrolments grow as downturn bites, more parents unable to pay private school fees; Building the Education Revolution: Guidelines available; Celebrating Teachers: Tell the world about YOUR Favourite Teacher; Mathematics Education: A disturbing set of numbers, Summing up a failure ; Equity & Social Inclusion: Poverty focus a failure for education, Noel Pearson launches fight against truancy; Civics & Citizenship Education: Students do badly in study of civics; Early Childhood: Early Childhood Learning Framework Trial Commences; Tertiary Education; Keeping Science Secular; Around the States & Territories; Awards & Prizes: 2009 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
17-02-09: National Public Education Forum: Places for Parents; Education Tax Refund: Advice to Parents; Opinion: League Tables Create Incentives for Schools to Rig Their Results, Trevor Cobbold; Opinion: Do Schools Kill Creativity? Sir Ken Robinson; Indigneous Education: Outcomes: are the answers in the mainstream?, Engaging excellent Aboriginal students in science, Aboriginal Training Programs Team of TAFE Tasmania win Award; Tertiary Education; Health & Well-Being: New guidelines declare closing time for teen drinkers; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
10-02-09: ACSSO National Education Conference 2009: Dr Neil Hawkes; National Public Education Forum: Geoffrey Robertson; Digital Education Revolution: When MySpace ends in tears; Opinion: The perils of boganism are home grown; Opinion: Whatever happened to the Education revolution? Public / Private: Parents abandoning public schools, Private schools feel the squeeze, Private schools seize homes over fees; Early Childhood Education: We want to know the basics, say preps; Remunerating Teachers: Top teachers rewarded in new pay scheme; Tertiary Education; Awards & Prizes: Australian Rural Education Awards, Australian Museum Eureka Science Prizes; Around the States & Territories; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
03-02-09: Building the Education Revolution: New and Upgraded Buildings in every Australian School, Building a Better National Future through Education, School spending 'to boost productivity'; Supporting Families: $950 One-Off Cash Bonus to Support Jobs; Schools Working Together: More funds for school projects; Digital Education Revolution: Elite private schools take big bite from laptop plan, NSW teachers will be given laptops under $44 million plan; Indigenous Education: Bid to lift Aboriginal education; Early Childhood: Call for childcare industry shakeup, Tough new child-care ratios on the table, Rudd child care ratings promise put on ice; Conferences; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
27-01-09: Baton Hand-Over For ACSSO: Welcome to new President Steve Carter, Thanks for everything, outgoing president Jennifer Branch, ... and au revoir to Executive Director Terry Aulich; ACSSO National Education Conference 2009; Opinion: When students miss out, Australia will pay the price; Education Tax Refund: Keep receipts for the Education Tax Refund; Health & Well-Being: Schools benefit from fresh food program; Early Childhood: Child care support for children with high care needs; Aweards & Prizes: Australian Rural Education Awards, Eureka Science Prizes; Special Events: International Mother Language Day, Harmony Day; Conferences; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
