NEWSLETTER: AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION DIGEST 2011
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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)
06-12-11: Funding: Battle lines drawn over school cash; Improving Teachers & Schools: (3 items); School Autonomy: Power to the parents has pitfalls; NAPLAN & My School: Private schools provide best academic results; School Chaplaincy: Funding fears for school chaplains; Indigenous Education: New education advisory group; International Co-operation: Australia and Indonesia working together; Behavioural Education: (2 items); Early Childhood Education: (2 items); Digital Education: Students want more from technology; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
22-11-11: School Autonomy: (2 items); Indigenous Education: (3 items); Towards a National Curriculum: New focus on languages; International Co-operation: (2 items); Civics & Citizenship: 2010 NAP Public Report; School Uniforms: Schools take uniform approach to their image; Creativity & Education: Unlock creativity for successful education; Early Childhood Education: Investing early is changing lives; Education & Social Media: Teachers fall into Facebook trap; Student Parents: Greens object to teen parent bill; Religion & Ethics: Australian religious education ’19th century’; School Leaving Age: Why it shouldn’t be universal; Driver Education: Support for compulsory driving courses; Around the States & Territories: (15 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
15-11-11: National Day of Action – 15 NOVEMBER 2011: Act Now for Public Education; National Conversation with Parents: (2 items); The Gonski Review: Giving more students a better chance at school; National Education Reform: (2 items); Literacy & Numeracy: National Evidence Base; NAPLAN & My School: Society the loser in education gap; Towards a National Curriculum: Lack of state competition; Digital Education: For today’s learners, it just clicks; Research: Social media and schools; Rural, Regional & Remote Education: The biggest challenge; Around the States & Territories: (12 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
01-11-11: National Day of Action – 15 NOVEMBER 2011; ACSSO National Conference Follow Up: Kirby & Connors videos online; National Education Reform: How we’re hooked on lessons from America; NAPLAN & My School: Broader tests will benefit students; Towards a National Curriculum: Achievement Standards approved; Around the States & Territories: (7 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
25-10-11: National Day of Action – 15 NOVEMBER 2011; NAPLAN & My School: No plan to help battlers; National Standards: Education ministers back new national standards; Towards a National Curriculum: (3 items); strong>School Chaplaincy: (2 items); strong>Indigenous Education: (2 items); Building the Education Revolution: Stimulus program underspent; Digital Education: (2 items); Vocational Education: A little work doesn’t hurt students; Early Childhood Education: Celebrating Children’s Week; Around the States & Territories: (14 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
18-10-11: ACSSO National Conference: National Day of Action; Michael Kirby warns public schools; Towards a National Curriculum:: First achievement standards; Wealth, Poveety & Education: (3 items); Cultural Background & Education: (2 items); Disability & Education: Ministers to discuss disability data; Teachers & Teaching: (2 items); Indigenous Education: Centre sets its targets high; Science Education: A Nobel Prize winner’s view; strong>Digital Education: Schools on target to meet digital deadline; Research: Powerful learning: taking educational reform to scale; Early Childhood Education: The next big step; Around the States & Territories: (6 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
11-10-11: ACSSO National Conference: Full Agenda Science Education: (4 items); Funding: Australia an underachiever in education race; Towards a National Curriculum: Sorry Day slams curriculum changes; National Anthem: Schools insert God; School Chaplaincy: Applications Open; Teachers & Teaching: Link teachers’ pay to standards; Early Education: (2 items); Sexuality Education: Teen mags, not parents, teaching; Vocational Education: $150 million for new Trade Training Centres; Around the States & Territories: (15 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
04-10-11: ACSSO National Conference: You’re Invited! Science Education: (4 items); Funding: Australia an underachiever in education race; Towards a National Curriculum: Sorry Day slams curriculum changes; National Anthem: Schools insert God; School Chaplaincy: Applications Open; Teachers & Teaching: Link teachers’ pay to standards; Early Childhood Education: (2 items); Sexuality Education: Teen mags, not parents, teaching; Vocational Education: $150 million for new Trade Training Centres; What Happened to edna? Around the States & Territories: (15 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
27-09-11: ACSSO National Conference: You’re Invited! Towards a National Curriculum: (2 items); Research: Private schools clear way for uni; Opinion: Let’s pay teachers what they’re really worth; Rural, Regional & Remote Education: Cattle families struggle; Digital Education: (2 items); Building the Education Revolution: Industry award for BER builder; First Aid Education: Compulsory training in schools; Around the States & Territories: (8 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
20-09-11: ACSSO National Conference: You’re Invited! National Education Reform: (2 items); Funding Research: More OECD data; Opinion: (2 items); Indigenous Education: (2 items); Disability & Education: (2 items); Science Education: (2 items); Rural, Regional & Remote Education: Preparing teachers; Digital Education: Computers in Schools finally on track; Around the States & Territories: (10 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
13-09-11: School Chaplaincy: (5 items); Funding: (2 items); Towards a National Curriculum: Implementing the Australian Curriculum; Literacy & Numeracy: (5 items); Disability & Education: (2 items); Marketing & Advertising in Schools: (2 items); Future Schools: (2 items); Indigenous Education: (3 items); Opinion: The public realm deserves respect; Health & Well-Being: Positive Body Image Awards; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Conferences & Events: (3 items); Mark Your Diary: (1 item); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
06-09-11: Funding: Four research reports released by Gonski review panel (10 items); Towards a National Curriculum: (4 items); Marketing & Advertising in Schools: (4 items); Literacy & Numeracy: School kids show improvement; Relationships Education: White Ribbon Day resources; Cyber Safety: Practise the web safety you teach; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: National Science Teachers Summer School 2012; Mark Your Diary: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
30-08-11: Teachers & Teaching: (2 items); Literacy & Numeracy: (2 items); Towards a National Curriculum: Arts at the heart; Funding: (4 items); Indigenous Education: Education scholarships offered; OECD Report: Schools in battle to lure students; Connecting Schools: (2 items); Digital Education Revolution: Global classroom technology leaders; Understanding Learning: Kids lead the way to new schools of thought; Vocational Education: Expert panel to advise Government; Primary Industries Education: Primezone; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: (3 items); Mark Your Diary: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
23-08-11: ACSSO National Conference: Parents : Partners in Education; OECD Report: (3 items); School Starting Age: Shambles over school starting ages; Towards a National Curriculum: Nationals seek to axe single curriculum; Funding: (2 items); School Chaplaincy: Vive La Godless Revolution; Opinion: Constant joy of opening minds; School Age Care: First national guidelines; The Learning Environment: modernising portable classrooms; Digital Education Revolution: (2 items); Research: In2science: peer mentoring in Victorian schools; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Mark Your Diary: ACSSO Conference Registration; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
16-08-11: The Global View: (2 items); Towards a National Curriculum: (4 items); Funding: (2 items); Keeping Public Education Free: Education fees ‘breach’ UN rules; Early Childhood Education: How NSW preschools can do better; Women’s Education: Girl power aims to change tune; Cyber Safety: (2 items); Science Education: (2 items); Literacy & Numeracy: National Literacy and Numeracy Week; Mathematics Education: Maths education: again; Arts Education: Arts revamp short on ideas; Environmental Education: Landcare recognises students’ efforts; Around the States & Territories: (12 items); Mark Your Diary: ACSSO Conference Registrations Open; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
09-08-11: Indigenous Education: (4 items); Research: Exceptional teachers for disadvantaged schools; Funding: School funding and the politics of envy; Alternative Education: Yard work has students riding high; School Chaplaincy: ‘Legal savage’ in a fight for secularity; Mathematics Education: Maths teaching is too boring; Around the States & Territories: (19 items); Mark Your Diary: (3 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
02-08-11: Values Education: Teachers should advance fundamental values; Health & Well-being: Call for depression education; NAPLAN & My School: (2 items); School Chaplaincy: (2 items); Religion & Ethics: (2 items); Should Schools Look to Asia? Learn from the world’s best; School Attendance: Using basketball; Mathematics Education: More qualified teachers; Towards a National Curriculum: New technology, same old path; Opinion: Helicopter parents; Understanding Learning: How students think and learn; Early Childhood Education: So now to the future agenda; Digital Education: Advisory group for education technology; Around the States & Territories: (19 items); Mark Your Diary: (3 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
26-07-11: School Chaplaincy: (2 items); Religion & Ethics: The God complexity: a faith war in our schools; Disability E & Education: First national trial for students with disabilities; Towards a National Curriculum: (2 items); School Maintenance: Push for funding to tackle decrepit schools; Awards & Prizes: Doodle 4 Google 2011; Social Media Education: Proposals for tighter age limits on Facebook; Engagement with Asia: Leading in Asia literacy; Around the States & Territories: (6 items); Mark Your Diary: (4 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
19-07-11: Health & Well-being: (2 items); Environmental Education: (2 items); School Libraries: What a difference a school library makes; Science Education: Education … it’s not rocket science; Towards a National Curriculum: Old ways curb young minds; NAPLAN & My School: Teachers ‘phobic’ over pupil test data; Research: Repeating grades ‘fails’ students; Opinion: Kevin Donnelly, Jeremy Sear, David Zyngier; Should Schools Look to Asia? (2 items); School Chaplaincy: Time to look at the evidence; Digital Education: (2 items); Resources: Cloudstreet Classroom; Careers Education: Rock the Schools; Distance Education: New learning journey; Around the Sates & Territories: (6 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Mark Your Diary: (4 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
12-07-11: School leadership: (2 items); Building the Education Revolution: (2 items); Towards a National Curriculum: (2 items); School Chaplaincy: God’s dollar better spent on welfare; Resources: Edna’s demise; Values Education: Advance Australia Fair translation; Out of School Hours Care: Enriching children’s lives; Digital Education: (2 items); Indigenous Education: Indigenous teacher numbers to increase; Religious Education: Preaching to the converted not the way to save faith; Civics Education: High school students don’t know they live in a democracy; Science Education: (2 items); Awards & Prizes: Nation’s top students recognised; Around the States & Territories: (5 items); Conferences & Events: PCNSW Annual Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
05-07-11: Parent Advocacy: Parent action forces school principal out; Teacher Advocacy: Schools union splits from ACTU; Parent-Teacher Relationships: (2 items); NAPLAN & My School: (2 items); Early Childhood Education: (2 items); Special Needs Education: Should children with special needs be taught in a mainstream class? School Chaplaincy: Kids ‘at risk’, warn counsellors and psychologists; Opinion: (2 items); Indigenous Education: $2 million for a sporting chance; Digital Education: (2 items); Around the States & Territories: (6 items); Conferences & Events: PCNSW Annual Conference venue change; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
28-06-11: School Chaplaincy: (3 items); Funding: (5 items); Towards a National Curriculum: (3 items); Literacy: (2 items); Indigenous Education: (2 items); Mathematics Education: Standards need calculated revision; Awards & Prizes: National Youth Talent Competition; Around the States & Territories: (7 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Mark Your Diary: (3 items) Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
21-06-11: Rural, Regional & Remote Education: (5 items); Indigenous Education: (3 items); Funding: Kirby urges greater justice for public education; Towards a National Curriculum: (2 items); Science Education: Push to oust climate science from schools; Health & Well-being: Recipe for study success; Opinion: Society faces a high price if we take the ‘free’ out of education; Vocational Education: New Trade Training Centre opens in Prestons; Around the States & Territories: (8 items); Conferences & Events: Join us at the ACSSO Conference in Sydney; Mark Your Diary: (3 items) Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
14-06-11: Teacher Incentives: Quality teachers are key for the disadvantaged; Teacher Education: Just shut up and listen, expert tells teachers; Towards a National Curriculum: Online Consultation: General Capabilities; Funding: Turning public schools into ‘sinks of disadvantage’; Indigenous Education: (4 items); Opinion: Challenge of focusing education reform; Science Education: Push to oust climate science from schools; Research: 2011 Horizon Report for schools; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Mark Your Diary: (3 items) Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
31-05-11: Funding: Public education facing $322m funding hit; Cyber Safety: National Cyber Security Awareness Week; Digital Education: Facebook, Murdoch, NBN; Health & Well-being: Public playgrounds ‘too safe’; Film Education: Cineclub; Indigenous Education: Innovator Tony Dreise; Research: Teachers for a Fair Go; Religion & Ethics: Why fund Catholic schools, McGaw: don’t axe RI; Opinion: The private vs public school equation; Teacher Librarians: House Education Committee report; Physical Education: AFL chief speaks out; Around the States & Territories: (10 items); Conferences & Events: ICPA Federal Conference; Mark Your Diary: (3 items) Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
24-05-11: Health & Well-being: Inspire Foundation survey; Education Tax Refund: Essentials; Indigenous Education: School as a sacred place, mother tongue, literacy & numeracy; NAPLAN & My School: A benchmark, NAPLAN scandals; Religion & Ethics: Don’t ban; do ban; Religious education can help uncover the meaning of life; Teacher Incentives: A lesson for Gillard; Funding: Restrict private school funding; Towards a National Curriculum: The Arts, general capabilities; Opinion: Education policy reform; Teacher Librarians: Not dragons in pearls; Home Schooling: A real option; Digital Education: Cloud alternative; Science Education: NYSF; Regional, Rural & Remote Education: NBN, funding; Resources: My High School Careers; Around the States & Territories: (14 items); Conferences & Events: ALEA National Conference; Mark Your Diary: (3 items) Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
17-05-11: Conferences & Events: National Walk Safely to School Day, Parents Victoria Online Conference, Education Week; NAPLAN & My School: My School, PISA and Australia’s equity gap; Religion & Ethics: Culture war crossfire; Opinion: Time to revolt against Gillard’s education revolution; Health & Well-being: AEDI, nano sunscreen; Cyber Bullying: Teachers given lesson; Science Education: Unique partnerships; Regional, Rural & Remote Education: Labor off track; Around the States & Territories: (5 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
10-05-11: The Budget: National Rewards for Great Teachers, National School Chaplaincy Program, students with disabilities, closing the gap, early childhood; ACSSO Response to the Budget: Budget Hit and Miss; NAPLAN & My School: Schools divide, testing starts; Opinion: A question of teacher quality; Research: Business Helping Schools to Develop Australia’s Future; Science Education: I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here! Resources: Journey Beyond Road Trauma; Awards & Prizes: Young Scientist of the Year; Around the States & Territories: (8 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
03-05-11: Teacher Incentives: Government funds rewards for great teachers, support uncertain; Funding: School funding needs reform; NAPLAN & My School: NAPLAN risks ‘repeating US mistakes’; Disability & Education: $200m boost; Towards a National Curriculum: Tiering of the education system; Religion & Ethics: Kirby calls for rethink; Indigenous Education: Intervention needs education focus: Macklin; Residential Education: Boarders’ choice; Maths Education: Maths gap; Around the States & Territories: (17 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
26-04-11: NAPLAN & My School: ACARA operations caned in secret report; Towards a National Curriculum: Information & Communication Technology; Human Rights Education: Call for community support; Bullying: Filling a gap in current approaches; Religion & Ethics: Let churches tender for new public schools; Indigenous Education: Education and aspiration the key; Rural, Regional & Remote Education: National agenda; Digital Education: Students use social media; Around the States & Territories: (5 items); Conferences & Events: School Reform Conference (UK), Prepared to Care (QLD); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
19-04-11: ACSSO Update: Review of Disability Standards for Education; Towards a National Curriculum: Special Education; Teachers & Teaching: Lifting teaching standards; Funding: Whitlam education revolution; Education Reform: UK academies; Opinion: In the dark as Asia’s century dawns; NAPLAN & My School: Gillard concerns; Religion & Ethics: Teach The Godless About God; Food Education: Adopt-a-farmer; Research: Early Development Index; Vocational Education: National Trade Cadetships; Awards & Prizes: Endeavour Awards; Around the States & Territories: (9 items); Conferences & Events: (6 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
12-04-11: ACSSO Update: Recent ACSSO submissions; NAPLAN & My School: Pyne on My School; cheating schools; National Assessment Program; Funding: King’s headmaster calls for national levy on well-off parents; hit lists; Policy Development: Coalition ministers and shadows meet; School Leadership: National Conversation with Principals; Religion & Ethics: The shoulds and shouldn’ts of RE; Opinion: New curriculum will ultimately mould our national identity; Rural, Regional & Remote Education: Skoolaborate; Science Education: Primary Connections defunded; Digital Education Revolution: Digital literacy, MGM Wireless; Awards & Prizes: (2 items); Around the States & Territories: (10 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
05-04-11: Literacy & Numeracy: ACCI boss slams literacy and numeracy in Australian schools; Religion & Ethics: Views on compulsory RE in Vic schools; Teachers & Teaching: Survey shows nearly two-thirds of teachers want to quit; Class & Education: Class still rules education and income prospects; NAPLAN & My School: MySchool prompting shift to public schools; Funding: School funding equation doesn’t add up; Sport & Education: ARL encourages kids to attend school; Science Education: National Youth Science Forum; Digital Education Revolution: Skype for teachers; Awards & Prizes: Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History; NEiTA 2011 ASG Inspirational Teaching Awards; Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
29-03-11: Walk Safely to School Day: ACSSO Support; NAPLAN and MySchool: My School fuels politics of envy; Funding: Review of School Funding; Disability & Education: Senate supports funding for technology for deaf and hearing impaired students; Remote, Rural & Regional Education: Youth allowance concerns; Building the Education Revolution: BER panning dumped in dead of night; Awards & Prizes: ACER Journalism Award; Around the States & Territories: (5 items); Conferences & Events: VAPS Conference Rescheduled; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
22-03-11: Bullying: National Safe Schools Framework launched; NAPLAN and MySchool: Chris Bonnor analysis; Funding: AEU on fairness; Towards a National Curriculum: Pyne on Gillard and the Bible; ACARA Update on georgraphy; Research: AHRC report on freedom of religion calls for education; The Song Room report on arts education; Opinion: Poster schools and principals; Only the demise of independent schools will please Gillard’s educrats; Vocational Education: Valuing skills training; Remote, Rural & Regional Education: ICPA: More needed for education in isolated regions; Around the States & Territories: (6 items); Conferences & Events: Literacy – Reading and Comprehension; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
15-03-11: NAPLAN and MySchool: Pros and cons, impacts and omissions around transparency in My School 2.0; Teacher Incentives: Klein’s teacher performance pay model discredited; Funding: Fairness; Opinion: Bring all schools inside the tent of excellence – Tony Moore; Food Education: Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation; Health & Well-being: suicide prevention; mindfulness; Indigenous Education: Protecting bad teachers produces chronic failure; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
08-03-11: NAPLAN and MySchool: Community and media feedback on the launch of My School 2.0; Funding: Catholic schools need funding boost: union; Profile: Barry McGaw; Disability & Education: Are schools for children with disabilities fair game in schools funding row? Teacher Education: More teachers, but fewer staying the course; Around the States & Territories: (10 items); Conferences & Events: Victorian Association for Philosophy in Schools Conference 2011; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
03-03-11: Special Edition – MySchool 2.0: Australia Prepares To Launch My School 2.0 Website; My School version 2 pre-release information; A note from ACARA; School website to reveal class war; Principals to get first look at My School; Parents want more than just My School figures; Gillard defends My School 2.0 launch; My School still wrong: private schools; MySchool 2.0 website lacks data from more than 30 independent schools in Queensland; My School to reveal wealthy families’ public preference; No class divide in schools spending; Website doesn’t add up – My School fails new test; School funding disparity revealed online; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
01-03-11: NAPLAN and MySchool: New era just days away; ACSSO media release; Funding: funding public education; ACSSO media release; Opinion: Trevor Cobbold, Jane Caro; Health & Well-being: I’ve got my buddy; Digital Education: Facebook generation; School Design: Better design; Disability & Education: Special ed a welcome curriculum addition; History Education: New teaching resource; Prizes & Awards: Simpson Prize; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: The Masters of Strategy in Education; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
22-02-11: Towards a National Curriculum: Curriculum development in the Arts; Recognising special needs; Teacher Education: beyond the test zone; Funding: Can we afford to continue funding private schools? Opinion: Things weren’t better in your day; Digital Education: Computers in Schools program; Building the Education Revolution: Busting BER Myths; Regional, Rural & Remote Education: Youth Allowance changes; Around the States & Territories: (22 items); Conferences & Events: (4 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
15-02-11: Teacher Education: National Professional Standards for Teachers; Views from Minister Garrett, ACSSO, AEU, Tony Mackay & Kevin Donnelly; Religion & Ethics: Scripture breach; more chaplains for Qld; ACCSO’s view; Minister Garreet invites comment; Funding: Funding Review submission; Chris Bonnor; Disability & Education: review of Disability Standards for Education; Naplan & My School: My School 2.0; Digital Education: School filters coddle kids; Indigenous Education: PM tables Closing The Gap report in Parliament; Around the States & Territories: (9 items); Conferences & Events: White Ribbon Day Every Day Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
08-02-11: VALE: Leo Dunne OAM; Towards a National Curriculum: National Education Starts; ACARA Update; Funding: perspectives on public funding for private schools; Research: School’s High Price Tag; Religion & Ethics: NSW Coalition folds on ethics classes; benefits of Scripture; Opinion: The failed education revolution, Donnelly; Indigenous Education: MLC indigenous program; Building the Education Revolution: School building data will soon be known; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: (4 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more
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