ARCHIVES: AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION DIGEST 2008-2007
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.
16-12-08: Hot Topic: Early Childhood Education: UNICEF report slams Australian child care; Research: TIMMS 2007 gives Australia mixed results for science and maths; Indigenous Education: Aboriginal teens taught in primary schools; Religious Education: God and Christmas in schools; Digital Education Revolution: no computers v more computers; Professional Development: Leadership training; Tertiary Education: Government opens purse for universities and TAFEs; Around the States & Territories; Health & Well-being: How table tennis improves pupils' health and behaviour; Conferences & Events: VILTA in Melbourne, CSEDU in Lisbon, AAMT in Fremantle; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
09-12-08: Hot Topic: Funding - Gillard and Pyne go head to head over the Schools Assistance Bill, Gillard wins; Hot Topic: Digital Education Revolution: Government pumps more money into computers deal, Opposition warns of further costs; Opinion: The best of both worlds - Shaun Carney; Arts Education: An Education Revolution? The Arts are central to it! Awards & Prizes: Australian Museum Eureka Science Prizes 2009; Resources: Mathematics DVD released to improve children's numeracy; Health & Well-being: MunchMonitor; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
25-11-08: Hot Topic: Joel Klein, chancellor of New York's Education Department, visits Sydney; Hot Topic: Funding: Keep funds secret, private schools say; Technology & Education: AMTA guidelines on mobile premium SMS/MMS services; Safe Schools: sexual assault in schools; Opinion: Public schools a disgrace - Rupert Murdoch; Health & Well-being: Canteens to look at effects of slushies; Indigenous Education: Gillard supports NT scrapping bilingual education; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
18-11-08: Hot Topic: Family-School & Community Partnerships - the Framework; Hot Topic: School Performance: more on league tables; Indigenous Education: $20m gives indigenous kids a chance, says Kevin Rudd; Early Childhood Education: ABC Learning; Research: Expert warns Australia slipping in world education rankings; Professional Learning: Futures Focused School; Opinion: Strengthening Teacher Retention and Recruitment for the Long Haul, Non-Role of Research in Education Policy and Practice, New York Parents Condemn Klein's Education Policies; View from Abroad: USA - Obama Gets to Work on Transition; Around the States & Territories; International Year of Planet Earth; International Year of the Frog; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
11-11-08: The Education Revolution: Julia Gillard to Curriculum Corporation Conference; Towards a National Curriculum: Building lessons; Digital Education Revolution: Education in 2015: Cyberlearning for digital natives; Early Childhood Education: ABC Learning; Special Needs Education: Why don't you understand?; Around the States & Territories: NSW: Phantom bus rides cost $100m, NT: NT teachers set to vote on new offer, SA: State Government exceeds $75,500 in fresh offer to teachers, VIC: Nominations Open for Excellence in Education, WA: Agreement reached over teachers pay; Conferences & Events: Bridging Divides; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
04-11-08: Prizes & Awards: P&C Awards, Schools First Awards; Research: "Participation in Science, Mathematics and Technology in Australian Education", "Career Advice in Australian Secondary Schools: Use and Usefulness", "Study into the Assessment and Reporting of Employability Skills of Senior Secondary Students"; The Education Revolution: Julia Gillard to Australian Primary Principals; Opinion: Good parenting is a matter of responsibility, The Australian; Resources: Why not the Best Schools?; Early Childhood Education; Around the States & Territories; Tertiary Education; Health & Well-being; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
28-10-08: Hot Topic: Education Revolution: legislation, Labor MP's dissent, UK academic slams league tables; Research: New School Ties: Networks for Success; Resources: mychild.gov.au, No One Right Way: A Handbook for Parents, YourKidsEd.com.au, Up Downs; Early Childhood Education: NSW increases ratio of carers in day care, contingency plans for ABC Learning Centres; Tertiary Education: University infrastructure funding, Review of Career Development Services in Australian Tertiary Education Institutions, Technical Education: Brisbane, Newcastle ATCs; Around the States & Territories: NSW indigenous education, teacher transfers, NT indigenous training, QLD private school funding, truancy and student behaviour, tuckshop prices, SA student retention, TAS: Tasmania Tomorrow, VIC: Koori school shuts, school assaults, Xavier College Year 12 suspended, WA cyber bullying; Awards & Prizes: NEiTA 2008 ASG Inspirational Teacher State and Territory Awards; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Newsletters ... read more
21-10-08: Hot Topic: The Education Revolution: National Partnerships; Hot Topic: Towards a National Curriculum; Hot Topic: School Performance; Research: middle-school programs, How Young People are Faring; Early Childhood Education: National Early Childhood Stakeholder Roundtable; Student Retention: Doubts on Labor school target; School Leadership: Leading Australia's Schools; Funding Opportunities: $12.8 million for Kitchen Garden Program in Primary Schools; Around the States & Territories; Health & Well-being: breakfast clubs, father time; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
14-10-08: ACSSO National Conference 2008: Speaker Profile: Terry Aulich; Hot Topic: Global Financial Crisis; Hot Topic: Towards a National Curriculum - NCB Forums, National Education Authority; Hot Topic: Talent Scouting at Schools: the Bill Henson saga contuinues; Hot Topic: Funding - Public Education For Our Future campaign; The Education Revolution: Schools First in new $15 million NAB Partnership; Letter to the Editor: Status of Teachers - a response to Kenneth Wilshire; Research: OECD Economic Survey of Australia 2008; Digital Education Revolution: those computers; Indigenous Education: Closing the gap in Indigenous literacy and numeracy; Social Inclusion: Anti-Poverty Week, AIFS research; Health & Well-being: mental health, Shame awards; Around the States & Territories; Funding Opportunities: Kitchen Garden Program; Conferences & Events: C21st Learning and the National Curriculum; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
07-10-08: ACSSO National Conference 2008: Speaker Profile: Michael Duffy; Hot Topic: The Education Revolution; Hot Topic: Early Childhood Education; Hot Topic: Student Behaviour; Opinion: When it comes to status, the teachers get less than top marks, Kenneth Wiltshire; Teaching Australian Literature; Research: National Review of Religion & Belief in 21st Century Australia; Awards & Prizes: Australian Rural Education Awards 2008; Resources: Parenting in Practice; Health & Well-being: Letter to NSW Minister Tony Stewart - Measures to Protect Children From Tobacco; International Year of Planet Earth; International Year of the Frog; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
30-09-08: Hot Topic: Funding - Schools Assistance Bill 2008; ACSSO National Conference 2008: Speaker Profile: Tony Mackay; Assessing School Performance: More Questions Raised About the New York School Reporting Model; Opinion: Creation versus evolution in the classroom, Paul Williams; Indigenous Education: Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2008, NGV takes Indigenous Art into Victorian Schools; Safe Schools: Homophobic bullying in schools; Recycling Technology: MobileMuster; Research: VET programs; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resources; ACSSO Newsletters ... read more
23-09-08: Hot Topic: Funding - Schools Assistance Bill to be Introduced; Hot Topic: Remunerating Teachers - Teacher overhaul stresses standards for pay rises; ACSSO National Conference 2008: Speaker Profile - Kathe Kirby; Religion in Schools: Secular schools of thought tainted; Teaching Thinking: New worlds for thought; Family-School Partnerships; Indigenous Education; Research: X, Y and Z: Research charts education across three generations; Tertiary Education: Australian Higher Education - What the Public Thinks; Vocational Education & Training: VET provides pathways to work; Health & Well-being; Resources: Parenting in Practice reviewed; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resources; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
16-09-08: Hot Topic: Literacy & Numeracy - national assessment results released; Hot Topic: Directions for Australian Schooling: MCEETYA's Draft National Declaration; Hot Topic: OECD Report Card; ACSSO National Conference 2008: Speaker Profile: Leonie Trimper; Student Retention: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd; Early Childhood Education: Early Learning Help for Disadvantaged Children; Around the States & Territories; Health & Well-being: Preschoolers 'seeking perfect body'; International Year of Planet Earth 2008; International Year of the Frog 2008; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resources; ACSSO Newsletters ... read more
09-09-08: Hot Topic: Directions for Australian Schooling - have your say; Hot Topic: Teacher Education - Gillard's reforms; Hot Topic: Hillsong still trying to evanglise in schools; ACSSO National Conference 2008: Speaker Profile - Angelo Gavrielatos; Assessing School Performance: Gillard's Triumph of Ideology over Evidence; Assessing Student Performance: So much for transparency; Family-School Partnerships: Lazy parents leaving manners and morals to the teachers; Opinion: The failure of schools to educate - Tim Hawkes; Tertiary Education: Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resources; ACSSO Newsletters ... read more
02-09-08: ACSSO National Conference 2008: Meet the People Making the News; Hot Topic: The Education Revolution: Rudd and Gillard explain; Hot Topic: School Attendance - Truancy penalties a harsh lesson in populist policy; Hot Topic: Funding: transparency, accountability; Hot Topic: Literacy & Numeracy - Students fail the numeracy test; Science Education: Eureka Prize 2008 People's Choice: Solar Princess Receives Double Crown; Health & Welll-being; Early Childhood Education: P-plates for new childcare centres under federal government plan; Around the States & Territories; Reminders; Resources; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
28-08-08: SPECIAL EDITION: THE EDUCATION REVOLUTION: Hot Topic: School Performance - Rudd puts The Case for an Education Revolution in our Schools, Rudd answers the questions, Opposition cries copycat, unions are skeptical, Rudd calls for unity, ACSSO comments; Hot Topic: Funding - Expert warns of public school funds decline, Government denies public schools funding cut, AEU releases report; Hot Topic: School Attendance - Schools asked to dob in truants to Centrelink, Gillard explains legislation, Anger over truancy link to welfare, Greens will block truancy legislation, Families on welfare payments need extra support, Rudd's progress stalls while he kicks the vulnerable, An audit for educational disadvantage; Hot Topic: Literacy & Numeracy - $40 million funding for projects ... read more
26-08-08: Hot Topic: School Attendance: truancy legislation proposed, debated, dismissed, explained, derided, defended; Science Education: Eureka Prize; Finding Quality Schools; Finding Quality Teachers; Opinion: The best teachers deserve rewards - Cheryl OConnor; Opinion: C'mon Rudd, chalk one up for record - SMH editorial; Research: APPA on students with special needs, AMTA on mobile phone use, Melbourne Uni on maths and indigenous students; Tertiary Education: DSF submission to HE Review; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resources; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
19-08-08: Hot Topic: Ranking Schools - Gillard under fire; Hot Topic: Visual Education - visuacy? Hot Topic: Digital Education Revolution - computer games; Families & Schools in Partnership: Engage E-magazine; School Leadership: New $10m Melbourne Institute; Engagement with Asia: Korea, Malaysia; Student Retention: Gillard worries, ACT consults; Opinion: Reading by the book? No thanks; Research: Keeping young students interested in maths and science; Early Childhood Education: Early Years Learning Framework consultation; Tertiary Education: how union fee change hits unis; Conferences & Events: School Marketing Conference; Reminders; Resources; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
12-08-08: Families & Schools in Partnership: Family-School & Community Partnerships Bureau Launch; Hot Topic: Remunerating Teachers - AEU and APPA trade views; Hot Topic: Literacy: Geoff Masters on national standards, principals respond; Hot Topic: Safe Schools - addressing bullying and cyber-bullying; Opinion: We can learn from special schools - Brian Caldwell; Towards a National Curriculum: APPA Position Paper; Research: Career preferences don't match workforce needs; Awards & Prizes: Australian Student Prize, Eureka Prize; Digital Education Revolution: computer education calls, NSW goes Gmail; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resources; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
05-08-08: Hot Topic: Technology & Education: AMTA Resources to Counter Cyber Bullying; Hot Topic: Remunerating Teachers; Hot Topic: Literacy - Literacy chairman sees red on uni 'claptrap'; Families & Schools in Partnership - Bureau Online Helpdesk, ACSSO National Conference; Perceptions of a Drift from Private to Public; School Leadership; Indigenous Education: Delivering teachers and classrooms to close the gap; Tertiary Education; Health & Well-being; Causes & Celebrations: Anti-Poverty Week - Plan to get involved! Conferences & Events: Inclusive Education: The Way of the Future; Reminders; Resources; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
29-07-08: Hot Topic: Personal Development - Hillsong and Shine; Families & Schools in Partnership: Family-School & Community Partnership Bureau, ACSSO National Conference 2008, Opinion: Working with Parents; Early Childhood Education: Report backs SA focus on early childhood education; Rural & Indigenous Education: ABS statistics, Australian Institute for Indigenous Learning and Skills Development; Infrastructure: halls, gyms, heaters and computers; Digital Education Revolution: will handwriting survive?; International Research: Has student achievement in the US increased since 2002?; Tertiary Education: higher education under review and in crisis; International Year of Planet Earth; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resources; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
22-07-08: Hot Topic: Safe Schools - school bullying; Hot Topic: Repeating School: research shows negative outcomes; National Review of Community Impacts of Drought; Family-School & Community Partnerships Bureau; Digital Education Revolution: round two; Trade Training Centres; Bligh government plans radical overhaul in Qld; Science Education: invest more or fall behind; National Numeracy Review; Gifted Students: 'fear' of smart students; Tertiary Education: money talks; Awards & Prizes; International Year of Planet Earth; Conferences & Events; Reminders, Resources; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
15-07-08: Hot Topic: Safe Schools (ACSSO Comment); Hot Topic: Digital Education Revolution; Hot Topic: Funding; Student Retention: Hundreds leave school very early; Teacher Registration; Indigenous Education: Boarding school scheme draws Stolen Generations comparisons; Health & Well-being; Sex Education; Science Education: Tenders Invited for Science Teaching Resource Books; Voluntary Student Unionism: The Fall-out Continues; National Inquiry into Social Impacts of Drought: Invitation to Contribute; International Year of Planet Earth; International Year of the Frog; Awards & Prizes: The P&C Awards; Conferences & Events: Australian Animal Welfare Strategy International Conference; Reminders; Resources; ACSSO Email Newsletters ... read more
08-07-08: Hot Topic: Repeating School; Digital Education Revolution: Cheap school computer option still leaves a funding gap; Opinion: Equality in education is a dying concept; Opinion: The other education revolution; Opinion: Community looks closely at the cost of Jewish education; Tertiary Education; Classroom Dynamics: Aromatherapy and music to help Australian students; Health & Well-Being; Sexualisation of Children: MPs baulk at rules; International Year of Planet Earth; Awards & Prizes; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resources ... read more
01-07-08: Hot Topic: The Drift to Private Schools - How John Howard shored up private education, by God; Hot Topic: Chaplains in Schools; Family School Community Partnership Bureau - Launch 11 August; Letter to the Editor; Towards a National Curriculum: First round consultation begins; Federal State Focus: School results lacking details; Digital Education Revolution: Reading, writing & virtual reality; Education Tax Refund 2008-2009: Keep your receipts; Awards & Prizes; Health & Well-being: New Parents Jury campaign; Indigenous Education: Funding for boarding school infrastructure; Education Budget Roundup Tailpiece: Tas High Schools miss out again; International Year of Planet Earth; Int'l Year of the Frog; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resources ... read more
24-06-08: Hot Topic: Funding - Boost public school funding; Hot Topic: Chaplains in Schools (4 items); Digital Education Revolution (3 items); Around the States & Territories (7 items); Health & Well-Being: Report focuses on accidents, suicide and self-harm among youth; Tertiary education (3 items); International Year of Planet Earth 2008 (5 items); Prizes & Awards: P&C Awards 2008; Conferences & Events (2 items); Resources; Reminders ... read more
17-06-08: Hot Topic: Safe Schools - Gang culture rife in schools, ACSSO Comment; Hot Topic: Funding; Hot Topic: Australia on the World Stage; Hot Topic: Teacher Training; Health & Well-being: NSW Protecting Children from Tobacco Review submissions close 22 June; Chaplains in State Schools Senator Lyn Allison; State & Territory Education Budget Round-up: Tasmania; Early Childhood Education; Digital Education Revolution Round One; Tertiary Education; Adult Literacy: discussion paper submissions close 11 July; Awards & Prizes; Conferences & Events; Resources; Reminders ... read more
10-06-08: The Australian Women's Weekly Paradise Foods P&C Awards; Young Australian Photographer of the Year; Hot Topic: Funding - Rich Families Benefit Most from Over-Funding of Private Schools, Two-thirds of private schools 'over-funded', Private schools hog funding; State / Territory Education Budget Roundup; Delivering access to universal early childhood education; New Publications from the Australian Drug Foundation Clearing House; Review to look at future of higher education in Australia; Reminders ... read more
03-06-08: 2008 National Awards for Quality Schooling; Hot Topic: Public / Private: Julia Gillard, Tony Moore; Hot Topic: Teacher Training: Canberra urged to take charge; Information & Communication Technology: Teaching for the Digital Age; Financial Literacy Education: Financial Literacy Package for Teachers; Health & Well-Being: Time to end tobacco promotion to children; Early Childhood Education: school starting age; State Education Budget Roundup: ACT; Conferences & Events: International Consortium for Experiential Learning; Reminders ... read more
27-05-08: Hot Topic: Teacher Recruitment & Remuneration: Give our teachers lures - and rewards, Time to Do Our Sums on Better Teaching, A 'clever nation' needs its teacher shortage filled pronto, Catholic schools get honours in teacher recruitment; Hot Topic: Funding: Better education for all students must be the goal, Private schools overtake unis in funding; Research: P-12 schools 'could do better'; Indigenous Education: Chris Sarra: No excuses for indigenous students; International Year of Planet Earth; Resources: Educational Experience; Conferences & Events; Reminders ... read more
20-05-08: ACSSO National Education Conference 2008; Walk Safely to School Day 2008 Evaluation; Hot Topic: National Testing & League Tables: league table backdown, test validity questioned; The Education Revolution: Curriculum Board, Productivity Places Program, MARVIN; Tertiary Education: Learning and Teaching Performance Fund, Education Investment Fund, student pain; Hot Topic: Sex Education: parents in favour, effect on teen birth rates, UK reviews, Islamic policy, the Dolly view, 2004 US survey; Computers in Education: Are PCs for stopping blackboredom?; Class Sizes: does size matter?; Resources: Educational Experience; Conferences & Events: Parents Victoria Online Conference, Outdoor Education Association of Qld State Conference, ACEL International Conference; Reminders ... read more
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; Whats 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
18-12-07: Academics want in on Rudd's plan; Rudd urged to fix terror law limiting academic research; Maths, science students drown in debt; Will Climate Change Bring an End to the Platinum Age?; Protecting Children from Tobacco Campaign; Half our six-year-olds have cavities; Alarm as teachers dwindle; Teachers 'bullied more' in public schools; Huge gulf separating science students; UNESCO: Stopping Violence in Schools: What Works?, A Human Rights-Based Approach to Education for All, Global Perspectives on Teacher Learning: Improving Policy and Practice; Reminders ... read more
11-12-07: OECD PISA survey; How the Worlds Best-Performing School Systems Come Out on Top; PISA Study Shows the Need for a Real Education Revolution; ... And Market Dogma Won't Fix Education; A Nation of Sloths: Walks elude one in five Aussies; Climate: A Need Not for Despair but for Informed Action; The Biggest Challenge we Face as a Nation; Parents urge soft drink companies to stop targeting children; Quantitative Analysis of Teaching and Learning Forum; Reminders ... read more
04-12-07: From Disengaged to Re-engaged - Young People's Right to Education and Training; Hot Topic: Humane Education - Australian Animal Welfare Strategy, Voiceless Foundation Awards; Hot Topic: Children's Rights - UNICEF Celebrates 18th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; ACT - Praise for Canberra College Inclusion Program for Students who are Pregnant or Young Parents; ACT: Hawker College in Unique Partnership with Local High & Primary School; Human Rights Day; E-Learning Symposium; Reminders ... read more
20-11-07: Federal Election 2007: Scorecard, ACSSO Editorial, Labor Policy Highlights, Great Education Debate: Bishop v Smith, PM Defends No Means Test on School Fees Deduction, Greens Policy Launch; Young lack post-school training despite demand; The Parents Jury: A Community Initiative to Promote Healthy Living; World Education Forum SA - International Conference; Reminders ... read more
13-11-07: Editorial: Public Schools Must Be the First Commitment of Government; Libs back ABC kids' channel; Young lack post-school training despite demand; Healthy NSW school program revitalises sports; $1.2 Million for PE in ACT Primary Schools; Howard targets childcare and schooling Coalition Campaign Address; Howard Must Do Better on Costs of Uni - Democrats; Labor to entice teachers to bush: Smith; No Smoko Beaks Ever Given to ACT Students; Northern Territory Schools Adopt New SA School Certificate; Stanhope Government Increases Support for Non-Government ACT Schools; Graduate Certificate in Family Therapy 2008; Reminders ... read more
06-11-07: Rates of poverty increase - but worst in rural areas; Aptitude test trial to proceed; Barnardos: Help us help our kids; Kluwell Publications; Up Downs; Little Ears; Early childhood resources to support literacy and numeracy; $14.6 Million for Pastoral Care in ACT Public High Schools; Food Suppliers to Learn About New SA Canteen Rules; SA Students Recognised with health awards; SA Teachers 'Top of the Class'; NSW Federation of Parents & Citizens Associations State Conference; ACSSO National Education Conference; Reminders ... read more
30-10-07: $1.7bn needed for Aboriginal education; 40 kids, no teacher: NT community demands answers; Teachers back training, but face many hurdles; Labor computer rebate a bonanza for giants; SA Schools Going Green; Australian books, poem push in schools; Howard's technical school revival plan; Plan for Defence colleges; Workshop: Raising the Stakes; Conference: Australia 2008 Imaginative practice, imaginative inquiry; Reminders ... read more
23-10-07: Research: ASG Student Social & Emotional Health Report, In the Balance: The Future of Australias Primary Schools; Resources for Families: Little Ears: Poems and Stories for Children; Around the States: SA: New schools to boost trades, WA: Teachers hear the call of the west, NSW - Undercover Rangers Patrolling the School Zones; View From the USA: New York: Small's best - tale from the Bronx; View From the UK: London: School sports plan to combat looming obesity crisis; Reminders ... read more
16-10-07: MCEETYA National Statement on Education and the Arts; NAVA Response; A National Review of Visual Education in Australia's Schools; UNESCO Joint Declaration on Arts in Education; Importance of Arts to Education; Teaching of Australian History in Schools; Labor Response; National School Chaplaincy Programme - Round Two Announced; WA Website Resource Assisting Students with Learning Difficulties; High Satisfaction Levels with ACT Public Schools; National Science Week Grants; Reminders ... read more
09-10-07: ACSSO National Education Conference: Darwin, 22-23 October 2007; Research & Reports: The Future of Schooling in Australia; Federal Labor Welcomes Positive Contribution by States and Territories; Primary School Charter: History Lost in New School Charter; Federal Funding for Students with Autism: $190 Million Support Package; South Australia: Legislation to Support New Certificate of Education; Reminders: 2008 National Awards for Quality Schooling ... read more
02-10-07: ACSSO National Education Conference: Darwin, 22-23 October 2007; Research & Reports: It's Crunch Time: Raising Youth Engagement and Attainment, Good Education Depends on Shared Values, Education Reform Requires Increased Resources; Teacher Issues: Poor Teachers Blamed for Low Scores, Teacher Failures Spell Student Trouble; Resources: Do You Subscribe to Youth Studies Australia?; Reminders: 2008 National Awards for Quality Schooling ... read more
25-09-07: PM Announces Seat Belts on Regional School Buses: Parents Welcome Moves; OECD Report Education at a Glance 2007: Government, Opposition Reactions; Principal for a Day; National Ban on Lead in Toys, NSW Schools in Lead Scare; Sport in School Good for Education; Malaysia to Hold Education Fair in Australia; Uni Revenue Hits Record High; Google and Microsoft Target Australian Students; Australian International Education Conference; Reminders ... read more
13-09-07: Federal: Over 2,300 new places to boost university entry; $68 million to help our universities become more efficient; Further $7.6 million investment in higher education; $50 Million investment for indigenous boarding school facilities; States: NSW: School shrinks week to four days; SA: Teachers want 'bad-child' ban; ACT: New focus on early childhood schools; VIC: Quality study triumphs over quantity; Australian Vocational Student Prize winners announced; Third International Conference on Pedagogies and Learning: Meanings Emerge in Practice; Reminders: 2008 National Awards for Quality Schooling ... read more
04-09-07: Business Council of Australia Report Rates Education: Commonwealth / State Funding, Teacher Pay among the issues; Tutors Find Favour: Business Analysts Find Public School Parents "Top Up" with Tutoring; Ten More SA Schools Join Arts Initiative; SA Public Schools Continue Energy Saving; Parents Victoria Online Conference; National Study: What Does it Mean to be Australian? Reminders ... read more
28-08-07: Correction: Plan to Expand Science in Schools; Science Education: No Focus on 'Real' Education Problems; Leadership: Principals Warned: Don't Carry the Burden Alone; Politics: Federal: Howard Government Continues Support for Investing in Our Schools Programme; Federal: BCA Report Highlights The Howard Government's Neglect; Federal: Government Out of Touch on University Fees; QLD: Scholarship Program Supports Aspiring Indigenous Teachers; SA: Schools Prepare for Healthier Canteens; WA: Craigie Primary School Students to Benefit from New $13 Million School; Competitions, Awards & Prizes: Speaking Challenge for Young Australians; Reminders ... read more
21-08-07: National Science Week: Australian School Science Education Action Plan 2008-2012, Scientist in Schools, Australian Science Festival; Federal Politics: Minister Announces Literacy and Numeracy Excellence Awards, Opposition Calls Minister Out of Touch; ACT Politics: No Educational Merit in Move to External Exams; TAS Politics: More School Days in 2008; VIC Politics: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development; Position Vacant at Climateschools.tv; National Safe Schools Competition; Reminders ... read more
14-08-07: National Science Week: Australian Science Festival, International Solar Schools Competition; Build a Performance Pay System Fit for a Profession; NSW Schools Embrace A-E Report: Minister; NCETA to Review Drug Testing in Schools; Opinion: The Stupid Country; Launch of National Awards for Quality Schooling; More School Leavers Failing to go on to Uni; 21st Century Curriculum: Taking Bearings - Curriculum Corporation Annual Conference; Anti-Poverty Week; Reminders ... read more
07-08-07: National Science Week: Australian Science Festival, International Solar Schools Competition; Build a Performance Pay System Fit for a Profession; NSW Schools Embrace A-E Report: Minister; NCETA to Review Drug Testing in Schools; Opinion: The Stupid Country; Launch of National Awards for Quality Schooling; More School Leavers Failing to go on to Uni; 21st Century Curriculum: Taking Bearings - Curriculum Corporation Annual Conference; Anti-Poverty Week; Reminders ... read more
31-07-07: National Science Week: Perth Declaration on Science and Technology Education; Opinion: New Testing Regime Will Narrow School Curriculum; Politics: South Australia Welcomes Federal Labors Focus On Families, Audit Report Confirms Australian Technical Colleges a Stitch Up; Opportunities for Students: Google Wants Your Doodle; Reminders ... read more
24-07-07: A US view of Australian education; Friends for Life - self esteem & resilience; Little Ears story magazine; Qld parents "raise money for teacher aides"; Funding for school chaplains in Qld; NSW teachers question green vouchers; Bishop accuses NSW of skimming education grants; Opposition calls Government out of touch on Technical Colleges; Government won't reopen trade school tenders; Schools to get green vouchers; Democrats challenge PM's emissions plan; Pathways Mapping Initiative; SPERA National Conference; Anti-Poverty Week; Microsoft Innovative Teacher's Awards; Reminders ... read more
17-07-07: Making the News Recently: Labor Backs School League Tables; Maths and Science Continue to Decline Under The Howard Government; Uni Costs Turn Rural Students Off; States to skip on truancy figures; School gap blamed for nation's stupidity; Healthy schools a hard lesson; Reminders ... read more
12-07-07: Hot Topic: History - Ewbank, Melleuish; Hot Topic: Chaplaincy; States & Territories - SA: More School Children to Gain Aquatics and Music Skills, SA: Disability Services Benefit from Community Grants, TAS: Concerns Over Loss of TAFE; Regional Conference of the Queensland Association for Gifted and Talented Children; Reminders ... read more
04-07-07: Hot Topic: Assessment - Teacher Performance, Year 12 Aptitude Test, OECD Programme for International Student Assessment; States & Territories - ACT: All School Grounds to be Smoke Free, SA: $1 Million in Green School Grants; ACEL International Conference; UNICEF Day for Change; Reminders ... read more
26-06-07: Hot Topic: School Sponsorship; Budget Roundp: the backlash; National Online Photographic Competition; Japanese Language Speech Contest; Refugees in Rural and Remote Australia; The Health and Wellbeing of Refugees in Rural and Remote Australia; Exploring Geography in Our Schools; Reminders ... read more
19-06-07: Hot Topic: Chaplaincy; Compassion in World Farming Australia; Microsoft Innovative Teachers Awards 2007; HP Fun In The Classroom Competition; Budget Roundup: education implications for every state and territory; Australian Schools Directory special offer; Reminders ... read more
05-06-07: DEST report on Parents Attitudes to Schooling survey; Education in the Queensland State Budget; Australasian Association of Distance Education Schools conference; Croc Festival; Australian Vocational Student Prize; Centre for Policy Development, Australian Schools Directory special offer; Reminders ... read more
29-05-07: Lyndsay Connors' new report on federalism; Productivity Commission working paper on health, education and workforce; Geoff Masters on curriculm debate; Anna Pha on the budget; National Careers Development Week; Regional Achievement & Community Awards; New Animal Club Website; Australian Schools Directory special offer; Reminders ... read more
22-05-07: Hop Topic: Science Education; Hot Topic: Bullying; Opinion: Professional Development for Teachers; Teaching Resource: The Milennial Adolescent; Politics: SA One Stop School, Federal Labor's focus; Australian Democrats' budget response; ACT advocacy group condemns Federal "competition fund"; Linking Latitudes India Conference; Reminders ... read more
15-05-07: UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development; APEC Curriculum Resource; Julie Bishop, Stephen Smith & Kerry Nettles on the Budget; ACT Road Safety; National Disability Survey; Communities in Control Conference; Associations Forum National Conference; Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards; Reminders ... read more
01-05-07: Hop Topic: Performance Pay for Teachers; Aggro Folks a Principal Worry; Principals Appointed To School Improvement Boards; Cancer Council Wants Uniform Cover for Schools; Drop Out Rates in Tertiary Education; Entry Barriers in Tertiary Education; National Enrol to Vote Week; Geoscience Pathways Project Website Launch; Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance Conference; Bell Shakespeare Education Program; AARE & University of Newcastle Research Project on Education Journals; Reminders ... read more
18-04-07: Editorial: Literacy - the Elixir of Life, Hot Stuff on Little Kids: Glynne Sutcliffe on Fraser Mustard, MCEETYA Literacy Report Released, Higher Standards Needed in Literacy and Numeracy: Julie Bishop, Read the Writing and Invest in Education: Stephen Smith, Literacy Project Attacked, Reminders (Prizes & Awards, Conferences, Forums ... read more
11-04-07: Homework: Hot Topic, Australian Schools Directory, Blue Dog Posters & Prints, Getting Serious About Sport, Protecting Your Daughter from Cervical Cancer, Animal Welfare and Training National Working Group, "Labor's Commitment to Schools Infrastructure Funding Program", "Relaxed, Complacent and Risible", Reminders ... read more
04-04-07: Roots & Shoots: Jane Goodall Institute, Early Child Development: The building blocks for successful societies Dr Fraser Mustard, Homework: is it any use at all or a complete waste of time ...?, Back to School Day, Community Building: Critical Voices, Alternative Strategies, Reminders (Prizes & Awards, Conferences, Resources ... read more
28-03-07: Fundraising Directory 2007, "TATTOO" - a SunSmart Teaching Resource for Secondary Schools, Drug Awareness Progam Launches New Website, Service-Learning Conference 2007, Opinion: Time is right for a common curriculum, National Literacy & Numeracy Week Ministers Awards 2007, National Awards for Quality Schooling Announced ... read more
21-03-07: National Survey of Attitudes to Languages Education, Winners of $500 Language Resources Prizes, National Languages Education Website, Languages in your School, Directory of Resources in Languages Education, National Conference on Service-Learning, Yapaneyepuk Indigenous Education Conference, Prime Ministers Prize for Science Teaching, National Music Education Awards, Australian Museum Eureka Prizes in Science ... read more
14-03-07: ACSSO National Education Conference, Humane Education: A Compassionate Ethic for Animals, Chaplains in Schools, Values in Education, Family-School Partnerships, Amanda Vanstone on Languages Education, Noel Pearson on Indigenous Languages ... read more
07-03-07: Microsoft Roadshow, National Rural Education Conference, Julie Bishop on Music Education, Kevin Rudd on a National Curriculum, Prime Ministers Prize for Science Teaching, National Music Education Awards, Australian Musuem Eureka Prizes in Science, Rural Education Award ... read more
