ARCHIVES: AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION DIGEST 2008
Australian Education Digest is a weekly email product that aggregates various media releases, ministerial statements and miscellaneous news items into a single weekly email. AED replaces the ad hoc Newsflash email service. If you do not already receive Australian Education Digest by email and would like to do so, click here.
13-05-08: ACSSO National Education Conference 2008; Hot Topic: Resourcing Schools; Victorian teachers to be nation's best-paid; Technology & Education: SMS bullying, National E-Security Awareness Week; Teaching in Practice: explicit instruction, class sizes, the myth of underperforming schools; Why kids leave school; Gillard hails start of new schools tests; UN disability pact comes into force; International Year of Planet Earth; Busy parents sending children to board; PhD scholarships 'below poverty line'; National Conference on Volunteering; Reminders ... read more
06-05-08: Hot Topic: The Drift to Private Schools; Hot Topic: 2020 Summit; Hot Topic: School Size; Research: leaving school early, school leadership, student engagement in tertiary education; Indigenous Education: Aboriginal literacy; University Funding: Diversity and Structural Adjustment Fund; Parent Teacher Relationships: When Parents Lose the Plot; Humane Education: Jane Goodall Institute, Australian Animal Welfare Strategy; International Year of Planet Earth 2008; Conferences & Events: Frontiers in Education Conference, World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education, Hawaii Conference on Education, Back to School; Reminders ... read more
29-04-08: Hot Topics: Early Childhood, School Funding, Teachers' Pay, Safe Schools; Opinion: A vision for 2020 - Achieve Equity in Education, Need for remedial action on public schooling; Research: Teaching of Geography in Years 3-10, Protecting Children from Tobacco; Awards & Prizes: National History Challenge, Eureka Science Prizes; Resources: ACSSO Website; International Year of Planet Earth; Conferences & Events: Walk Safely to School Day, Australian Parliament House Open Day, 2009 Summer School For Australian Teachers, Back to School; Reminders ... read more
22-04-08: Hot Topic: Early Childhood Education - SA to lead national agenda, PM's 2020 pledge, ACOSS welcomes new direction; Hot Topic: Funding - Pouring money into schools 'doesn't work'; Hot Topic: Literacy wars cause collateral damage; Teacher Safety: Teacher assaults up in WA; Reform Consultation: Victorian education and early childhood reform; Research: Keep boys and girls together; Higher Education: Advancing equity and participation; The Skills Challenge: Industry sets key priorities; International Year of Planet Earth; Conferences & Events: Walk Safely to School Day, Early Childhood Education Conference, Back to School; Reminders ... read more
15-04-08: Family-School and Community Partnerships: Festival for Healthy Living; Opinion: Resources for our schools are crucial; Labor's Education Revolution: Gillard's policy speech, National Curriculum Board, Scholarships for a Competitive Future, Geography Olympiad, UWA Chair in Australian Literature; Research: Early maths the key; Teachers learn from the future; Future skills; Healthy Living: Secondhand Smoke a Risk for Children; International Year of Planet Earth; Back to School; CONASTA; National Science Week; School Leaders' Conference; Reminders ... read more
08-04-08: Family-School Community Partnership Bureau; Labor's Education Revolution: schools reform plan, computers in schools, indigenous community festivals for education, disadvantaged schools, "Skilling Australia" paper; Funding: Brethren Schools; The Drift to Private Schools: what do YOU think? Attracting smarter teachers; Mathematics study declines; Healthy Living: diet, drugs, obesity; National Walk Safely to School Day; Anti- Poverty Week; International Year of Planet Earth; Marketing Seminars for Schools; National Conference on Children & Young People with Disability; ANTSEL Video Online Conference; CPA Annual Conference; SPERA Annual Conference; National Conference on Climate Change; Reminders ... read more
25-03-08: Hot Topic: Education in the Federal Budget; Family-School Community Partnership Bureau; Staff in Australia's Schools survey; Letter to the Editor; Julia Gillard on education funding; Tertiary education; School leaving age; School suspensions; Victorian Teacher of the Year 08; Elite girls' school cadet ban; Refugee students in Vic; Learning more about schools in Tas; Opinion: Being the 'lucky country' won't save us from climate change; School Market Place; Learning Conference 08; Paris International Conference on Education, Economy & Society; Australian Computers in Education Conference 2008; Australian International Education Conference; Reminders ... read more
18-03-08: Hot Topic: Funding (7 items); Around the States & Territories: SA: School safety must be the priority; Victoria The Cheapest State; NSW Moves to Raise Leaving Age; NSW: Nervous start to a selective future; NSW: Hundreds cast out as college closes; Resources for Parents: "Parenting in Practice"; 2008 Indigenous Education Awards; Premiers' Reading Challenges; MS Readathon; Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards 2008; International Year of Planet Earth: "Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning"; Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Conference 2008; National Walk to School Day; Reminders ... read more
11-03-08: Opinion: Recognising and rewarding good teachers; Research: Teacher Retention in Rural & Regional Schools, ASPA Survey of School Leadership Well-being, ACER on improving school leadership; The Parents Jury; Hot Topic: Computers in Schools; National News Focus; Around the States and Territories; International Year of Planet Earth 2008; NEiTA Inspirational Teacher Awards Program; Conferences: Queensland Catholic Education Commission Curriculum Cconference, Early Childhood Teachers Association National Conference, National History Teachers Conference, VETnetwork Australia National Conference; Reminders ... read more
04-03-08: Opinion: A lot more needed for an education revolution; New National Curriculum Board Chief Barry McGaw speaks out; Hot Topic: funding for private schools; Hot Topic: bullying; Tertiary Education: Australian National University Vice-Chancellor Ian Chubb; Literacy & Numeracy: One in five students falling short in maths; Resources: interactive whiteboard, History's Children book, new Dusseldorp Skills Forum website; International Year of Planet Earth: British PM Gordon Brown on climate change, pressure on ships to go green; Landmark Research Revisited: The Accountability of Private Schools to Public Values; AEU Rosemary Richards Award; Hewlett Packard Rewards Green School Initiatives; Reminders ... read more
26-02-08: 2020 Summit: schools to host own summits; Research: the value of English, class size, literacy rates; Hot Topic: student retention and leaving age; Opinion: Greg Whitby on making schools relevant; S-press student newspaper goes national; Web Resources: Stupid Country, Radio National Edpod; Hot Topic: teacher supply; International Year of Planet Earth; State & territories news roundup; Conferences and events including MS Readathon and National Walk to School Day; Reminders ... read more
19-02-08: Government Funds Family-School and Community Partnership Bureau; The Education Revolution (Brian Caldwell, Julia Gillard, Tony Smith, Save Our Schools, Natasha Stott Despoja); ACER Staff in Australia's Schools Survey; Youth Poll 2008; Hot Topic: Fitness & Obesity; Literacy development kit for pre-schoolers; Australian Association for Environmental Education; Australian Museum Eureka Science Prizes; Australian Women's Weekly Environmental Heroes Competition; National Youth Week - National Talent Competitions; UK: Parents will see child's school progress online; Environmental Education Up The Track conference; Switch to Green Conference & Expo; Australasian Boys Education Network Conference series; World Conference on Mental Health Promotion; Reminders ... read more
12-02-08: Geoff Masters on the importance of skilled classroom teachers; Research on the importance of school retention for job prospects; Continuing debate about the History curriculum; Security for schools in light of race-hate issues; Parent feedback; Problem parents an issue for schools; Smith Family changes focus from welfare to education; 2008 Australian Museum Eureka Science Prizes; 2008 MS Readathon; Around the States; Private schools in the news; International Year of Planet Earth 2008; Update on Online Conferences 2008; Other Conferences and Events; Reminders ... read more
05-02-08: Launch of UN International Year of Planet Earth 2008; A new resource for new parents; Review of family financial contributions to education in Victoria; What’s in the news around the States; Overseas perspectives: USA and UK; Information about Student Online Conferences February - June 2008 on the theme: "Whose World Is It Anyway?"; Reminders ... read more
