ARCHIVES: AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION DIGEST 2007
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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 World’s 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 Australia’s 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 Labor’s 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 Teacher’s 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 Minister’s 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 Minister’s 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 Minister’s Prize for Science Teaching, National Music Education Awards, Australian Musuem Eureka Prizes in Science, Rural Education Award ... read more
