MEDIA RELEASES 2008-2007

14-05-08: Parents Back Budget

Australia’s peak council for parent and citizen groups has backed the education budget, describing it as a thoughtful plan that addressed key issues without heating up the economy ... MS Word format | PDF format

18-02-08: Parents Excited by Labor's Momentous Family Bureau Decision

Parent organisations have praised Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement that Labor will fund a dedicated Bureau to build closer ties between parents and schools across the country ... MS Word format | PDF format

01-11-07: Big Take-Up of Summer Schools Impresses Parents

The national public schools parent body is impressed by the large number of teachers who have applied for places at the Federal Government's Summer Schools training in January ... MS Word format | PDF format

21-10-07: Parents Welcome Computer Policy from Labor

The peak council for Australia’s public school parents has endorsed Kevin Rudd’s tax break for computers and other school equipment ... MS Word format | PDF format

29-09-07: Parents Wary About Test Results and Ranking of Schools

ACSSO has voiced its opposition to publicly ranking schools according to their national literacy and numeracy test results ... MS Word format | PDF format

21-09-07: Parents Welcome Moves on Safety for School Buses

ACSSO has welcomed the Federal Government's $40 million initiative to provide seat-belts on school buses in country areas ... MS Word format | PDF format

30-08-07: ACSSO Supports Primary Teachers – Vital Role Says President and Executive Director

In a major statement today, the President and Executive Director of ACSSO called for more support for primary school teachers ... MS Word format | PDF format

27-07-07: National Parents Body Praises Sheedy

In a unique tribute, the peak parents and citizen council for Australia’s public schools has paid tribute to sacked Essendon Football Club coach Kevin Sheedy ... MS Word format | PDF format

12-07-07: Languages Education: A Time to Speak - and a Time to Act

"Learning a language in Australia should be like learning Maths or English", said one teacher respondent to a national Research Survey conducted by the peak parent organisations in late 2006. "It is a normal part of the curriculum in which every student should participate. It is part of an education for life!" ... MS Word format | PDF format

3-07-07: Time to get serious about rebuilding Australia’s language capability

After a dismal decade characterised by lack of political will or purpose, by indifference, procrastination and neglect at too many levels, the need for sustained transformative action across the country in languages education cannot be further ignored ... MS Word format | PDF format

7-06-07: Languages Education: Shortchanging our Families - and our National Future

ACSSO is in full agreement with those commentators who have described the crisis in languages education in Australia as an international embarrassment and national disgrace ... MS Word format | PDF format

21-02-07: Parents Praise Extra Funding for Public Schools

ACSSO has praised the Australian Government for adding an extra $181 million to the $700 million already spent under the Investing in Our Schools programme ... MS Word format | PDF format

24-01-07: Parents Welcome Rudd's Education Revolution

Australia’s peak public school parents’ body, ACSSO, has praised Labor leader Kevin Rudd’s decision to make education a key issue for the coming Federal election ... MS Word format | PDF format