ARCHIVES: AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION DIGEST 2009-2007

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.

15-12-09: Editorial Comment: WACSSO secedes; Comparing School Performance: League tables, not-league tables, principal autonomy (sic); School Accountability: Bring back school inspectors, says AEU; Indigenous Education: Encouraging parents to participate in schools; Research: Arts, technology; Early Childhood Education: National standards, Australian Early Development Index, census of 5 year olds; Higher Education: Results, funding, results, funding, results; Around the States & Territories: (17 items); Conferences & Events: iNet online conference for students; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

08-12-09: Opinion: Stop bagging public education: Michael Kirby; Prizes & Awards: Clean Up Australia Day Green Teacher Award; Scientology in Schools: Public funding; Research: School system inadequate: ACER; Early Childhood Education: Role of child care, new standards, more funding needed; Student Income Support: Youth Allowance changes; International Education: Baird Review interim report; Around the States & Territories: (15 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

01-12-09: Education Revolution: Shows promise – rating the revolution; Improving Teacher Quality: Investing in teachers; Indigenous Education: Noel Pearson charts a brighter future; Science Education: New UK curriculum, PATS; Scripture & Ethics: NSW plans ethics classes, Anglican church objects; Health & Well-being: bullying, survey of student concerns, schoolies advice; Early Childhood Education: Importance of play, fallout from Senate Report & ABC Learning; Gender Equity in Education: Advocating for girls’ sport; Awards & Prizes: National History Challenge, Schools First; Around the States & Territories: (15 items); Conferences & Events: (10 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

24-11-09: Comparing School Performance: We agree with the Minister …; Chaplains in Schools: Reaction to renewed funding; Literacy: Call to parents; Student Income Support: Youth Allowance changes; Health & Well-being: Crawford Report; Indigenous Education: Australia ‘regressive’; Early Childhood Education: Senate report; Competition & Fundraiser: Living Fundraisers; Around the States & Territories: (12 items); Conferences & Events: (5 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

17-11-09: Comparing School Performance: Parents, teachers, principals express concern about league tables; Education Revolution: ANSN National Forum; Improving Teacher Quality: Wages linked to test results; Student Income Support: Youth Allowance changes; Funding: National Partnerships, Local Schools Working Together; Science Education: Australian students turn away; Early Childhood Education: Learning from UK; Around the States & Territories: (12 items); Products & Resources: SoapStream Hand Hygiene System; Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

10-11-09: Awards & Prizes: teaching awards; Ministerial Council: MCEECDYA discussions; School Leadership: Engaging with Asia; Comparing School Performance: The League Tables website unveiled; Opinion: Chris Bonnor, Kevin Donnelly; Building the Education Revolution: School buildings on track; Science Education: Science ed for global citizenship; Rural & Regional Education: New funding for rural students; Higher Education: Private providers cry foul; International Education: Lots of questions, no answers; Health & Well-being: PE key to low-income health; Social Inclusion: HEAT; Around the States & Territories: (17 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

03-11-09: Health & Well-being: ACSSO endorses Classmate, Weigh-PAK; Comparing School Performance: ACARA’s Hill stumbles on league tables; Professor Caldwell Lets Rip: Calls Education Revolution a failure; Building the Education Revolution: Gillard adjusts BER funding; Transparency & Accountability: Show us our money; Maths Education: The skills loss; Indigenous Education: Aboriginal content will keep kids at school; Opinion: Jane Caro on teacher who spurned Idol; Early Childhood Education: ECA survey fallout; Research: Signposts report; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

27-10-09: Improving Teacher Quality: Not enough qualified teachers; School Leadership: Fed govt talks to principals; Building the Education Revolution: Labs delayed; Research: Disruptive students, classroom ICT; Digital Education Revolution: Computers delayed; Engaging with Young People: Youth Ambassador for Health Research, National Conversation, Community Centres, Youth Forum Challenge; Indigenous Education: Footprints in Time, remote housing, Charlie Perkins Scholarships, National Curriculum; Health & Well-being: cyber safety, depression & alcohol; Early Childhood Education: Health guidelines, South Australian directions; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: (3 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

20-10-09: National Education Conference: Parents Unite; Anti-Poverty Week: Homeless children need education; Sustainable Schools: Solar panels program frozen, Bond Uni wins award; Building the Education Revolution: Report card released; Indigenous Education: Make it Count; Rural & Regional Education: more Youth Allowance fallout; Early Childhood Education: New uni places for teachers; Special Needs Education: Digital products for autistic students; Cyber Safety: ACMA extends cybersafety education ; Health & Well-being: Target pre-teens to prevent youth violence; Tertiary Education: Unis get infrastructure boost; International Education: Industry faces change; Around the States & Territories: (14 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

13-10-09: Comparing School Performance: Call to focus on schools’ and students’ progress; Comparing Student Performance: NAPLAN questioned; Student Behaviour: Bullying, classroom dsicipline; Human Rights Education: AHRC Report; Free Schools: The ‘free schools’ of Sweden; Religion, Ethics & Education: Religion versus ethics; Regional & Rural Education: Helping drought-affected families with education expenses; Early Childhood Education: New approach to early years curriculum; Indigenous Education: New individual funding; Mathematics Education: New funding; Tertiary Education: Unis do well in world rankings; Around the States & Territories: (12 items); Conferences & Events: ANSN Forum; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

29-09-09: Commonwealth-State Focus: Ministerial Council (MCEECDYA); Major National Event: Music Count us In 2009; Publications for Parents: Adproofing Your Kids; Competitions: SunRice’s Children Helping Children; Indigenous Education: Stronger Smarter Summit; Opinion: Brian Caldwell, Tony Taylor, Charles Leadbeater; Improving Teacher Quality: Reflections from the Scottish Teacher Scheme; Prizes & Awards: Schools First, Dorothea MacKellar Poetry Awards; Research: Study shows staying at school key to success in job search; Digital Education Revolution: Microsoft offers massive student discounts on Windows 7; Mathematics Education: Maths drain subtracts top talent; International Education: Baird Review issues paper; Around the States & Territories: (14 items); Conferences & Events: Beyond Beliefs; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

22-09-09: Comparing School Performance: What happened in Chicago, New York, UK; comment from AEU, SOS, APPA, Sunday Telegraph; Teacher Education: National Mapping of Teacher Professional Learning Report; Safety in Schools: Assaults in Qld primary school; Homework: (home)work, no play; Building the Education Revolution: don’t believe everything you read; Digital Education Revolution: A new vision; Early Childhood Education: $970 million Universal Access, AEDI; Dance Education: QUT honours eight giants; Around the States & Territories: (9 items); Conferences & Events: Beyond Beliefs; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

15-09-09: Assessing Literacy & Numeracy: 2009 NAPLAN results; Towards a National Curriculum: Curriculum Authority CEO Appointed; Comparing School Performance: Tables good, tables bad; Teacher Education: Teach For Australia, residencies; Opinion: Barack Obama, Tanveer Ahmed, Angelo Gavrielatos; Research: OECD report, technologies in primary schools; Building the Education Revolution: Issues with BER; Funding: Reviewing where the money goes; Digital Education Revolution: Girls miss the IT boat; Indigenous Education: Why hasn’t this been fixed?; International Education: Guides, commissions, roundtables galore; Censorship in Schools: Twilight books banned; Around the States & Territories: (16 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

08-09-09: Safety in Schools: Teachers urged to take strong stance on schoolyard violence; Science Education: Lost for words at this science; Building the Education Revolution: Gillard under fire; Rural & Regional Education: Regional higher ed, transport issues; Digital Education Revolution: Cyber-safety, e-readers, school computers; Funding: A Market Model of Education? Indigenous Education: NT bilingual education, funding; Opinion: Boys, who cares? Mathematics Education: Numeracy in practice; International Education: AEU calls for standards, Gillard returns from India; Tertiary Education: Reforms and bills; Around the States & Territories: (16 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

01-09-09: Building the Education Revolution: Primary Schools for the 21st Century; adjustments, government promotion signs; Rural & Regional Education: Youth Allowance changes; Funding: Private schools’ $2.6b bonus; Indigenous Education: literacy, intervention, free pre-schools; Opinion: Diane Ravitch, Jack Keating; Science Education: Physics teachers not up to scratch, comment on STELR; Mathematics Education: Maths Olympiad gold; International Education: Gillard in India, Senate Inquiry, Aus unis in India; Tertiary Education: Lecturers to strike; Research: Report calls for ‘bold reform’, smaller schools do better; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Conferences & Events: (3 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

25-08-09: Comparing School Performance: Parents speak up; School Bus Safety: Preventing further tragedies; Improving Teacher Quality: Merit-based pay; Building the Education Revolution: Gillard to the Rescue; Rural & Regional Education: Youth Allowance changes; Indigenous Education: Funding initiatives, disability research; Science Education: STELR program; Homework: Charities plead for homework clubs; Funding: $21 million for non-profits; Health & Well-being: Consuming Kids; International Education: Safeguarding overseas students; Research: ICT in teacher training; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Conferences & Events: (2 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

18-08-09: School Bus Safety: A needless and avoidable tragedy; Improving Teacher Quality: Rewarding Quality Teaching, Teach For Australia; Comparing School Performance: Provide rich data; Indigenous Education: $7 million to help close the gap; Digital Education Revolution: Dump textbooks for e-books; Cyber-bullying: Surviving Cyber-bullies; Art Education: Venice Biennale, Anthony Browne; Opinion: Reclaiming public education; Research: School library resourcing, Australia’s Young People; Early Childhood Education: Early Years Learning Framework, AEDI; Higher Education: Coalition fails Australian students; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Fundraising Ideas: Bendy Friends; Conferences & Events: Indigenous Literacy Day; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

11-08-09: Comparing School Performance: Ken Boston backs testing and reporting; Cyber-bullying: The internet is not a friendly place; Opinion: Ross Fitzgerald on the Education Revolution; International Education: Bruce Baird heads Review; Sex Education: WA Catholic schools to shun Govt website; Indigenous Education: Intercultural training vital; Rural & Regional Education: Youth Allowance changes; Early Childhood Education: Vacancies go online, support to get kids school-ready; Health & Well-being: Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden National Program; Community Education: Funding boost; Around the States & Territories: (16 items); Conferences & Events: Building school partnerships with commerce & industry; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

03-08-09: Education Revolution: Julia Gillard at the ALP National Conference; Health & Well-being: Mental health – cluster suicides; International Education: College closure, swine flu, dodgy operators; Comparing School Performance: Publish school results; Cyber-bullying: Fed govt funds pilot program, research; Indigenous Education: Mentoring in Sydney, PISA shows students disadvantaged; Digital Education Revolution: Future of the book, immersive learning; Tertiary Education: $550million for infrastructure, financial crisis, plagiarism, drop-outs, degrees do work; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Conferences & Events: Future Directions in Literacy, Asian Conference on Education, National Coalition against Bullying; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

28-07-09: International Education: Roundtable; Comparing School Performance: League tables; Cyber-bullying: Treat threats seriously, says Kennett; Building the Education Revolution: Auditor General to investigate schools stimulus; Digital Education Revolution: OLPC laptops for kids; Opinion: The need for quality teachers, Adele Horin; Gender & Education: AWE guidelines; Tertiary Education: Book copyright changes; Vocational Education: WorldSkills International; Awards & Prizes: PM’s Awards for Skills Excellence Winners; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: (5 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

21-07-09: Comparing School Performance: more on league tables, informing parent choice; Funding: Coalition Must Rule Out School Vouchers; Cyber-Safety: Launch of Cyber-Smart Schools’ Gateway; Digital Education Revolution: Principals gagged on school computer scheme comments; Building the Education Revolution: Principals claim state regulations ‘curb innovation’; Opinion: A renewed challenge to parents and families, Barack Obama; Research: The implications of poverty on child readiness to learn, Cultural Diversity, Cosmopolitan Citizenship & Education; Awards & Prizes: (3 items); Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: ACER Research Conference, CHERI Annual Conference, London International Conference on Education, NAEYC Annual Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

14-07-09: Comparing School Performance: Alan Jones Interview with Hon Julia Gillard MP; Digital Education Revolution: Diverse industry calls to fast-track roll-out of school computers; Cyber-Safety: Research shows Australian children have more links online, more risk-aware; Funding: Debate: The Public Funding of Private Education is Unconscionable; Early Childhood Education: First three years the key, public consultations; Awards & Prizes Closing Soon: NEiTA Inspirational Teachers Awards, Schools First; Around the States & Territories: (17 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

07-07-09: Building Partnerships: Schools First; Comparing School Performance: League tables; Building the Education Revolution: Spelling death for school trees; Funding: New strategies should fund kids not schools; Single-Sex Education: Girls more competitive in single-sex school; Health & Well-being: (3 items); Improving Teacher Quality: New approaches to teacher training; Indigenous Education: Education is the key to closing the gap; Early Childhood Education: Ensuring children are “school-ready”, Around the States & Territories: (12 items); Conferences & Events: QCPCA Annual State Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

30-06-09: Science Education: former US Secretary of Education Richard W Riley; Digital Education Revolution: First teach the teachers; Building the Education Revolution: $810 million to secondary schools; Innovative Education: ‘Education systems too narrow’: Sir Ken Robinson; Comparing School Performance: those league tables; Comparing Teacher Performance: Teacher rating website stays online; Indigenous Education: Education the key to keep indigenous kids out of jail; International Student Safety: (2 items); Research: OECD Report: Learning helps keep a check on size of our figures; Around the States & Territories: (14 items); Conferences & Events: (14 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

23-06-09: Educational Equity: Gillard’s “progressive consensus”; Comparing School Performance: more on league tables; Building the Education Revolution: questions about how the money is spent; Rural & Regional Education: Greens & Coalition call for inquiry into Youth Allowance changes; Indigenous Education: School is only part of an education; Cyber-Bullying: Authorities powerless; Teacher Education: University of Melbourne to Teach for Australia; Student Retention: Can online courses re-engage drop-outs? Early Childhood Education: New child care closure requirements; Health & Well-being: Junk food, smoking; Vocational Education: $200 million for TAFEs; Research: OECD International Survey; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

16-06-09: Comparing School Performance: Do no damage principle abandoned; Building the Education Revolution: Minister tots up P21 rollout + a few queries; Education Tax Refund: Don’t forget to claim; Indigenous Education: AEU Submission to Senate Committee; Early Childhood Education: Imaginary friends OK + US literacy research; Tertiary Education: Compulsory unionism returns + degrees for the poor; Health & Well-being: Junk food advertising + unhealthy PE teachers; International Education: international students safety & welfare; Awards & Prizes: Awards for Teaching Excellence, NEiTA ASG Inspirational Teacher Awards; Around the States & Territories: (14 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

09-06-09: Rural & Regional Education: Youth Allowance changes hit rural students; Building the Education Revolution: Distance education uqalification for funds; Towards an Australian Curriculum: Move to widen national curriculum; Bullying: Developments around the country; Awards & Prizes: NEiTA winners, Teaching Awards closing soon; Digital Education Revolution: Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills; Opinion: The Independence of Education – Jenny Allum, SCEGGS; Tertiary Education: Are universities failing our teachers?; Health & Well-being: How many junk food ads do our children see on TV? Around the States & Territories: (9 items); Conferences & Events: ; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

02-06-09: Comparing School Performance: League tables, Agitating for change; Pressure on Private School Parents: Private schools bankrupting parents; Cyber-Bullying: Governments get involved; Parents & Schools in Partnership: Tying education to future goals; Towards an Australian Curriculum: National teaching standards; Science Education: Teacher Earth Science Education Programme; Tertiary Education: New legislation, ACER research shows uni pays off; Vocational Education: Tech colleges join education system, AEU research; Building on the Education Revolution; International Education: Acknowledging the role; Around the States & Territories: (9 items); Awards & Prizes: ATOM Awards 2009; Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

26-05-09: Parents & Schools in Partnership: The importance of parental influence; Comparing School Performance: (3 items); Towards an Australian Curriculum: (2 items); Cyber-Bullying: (4 items); Recycling Technology to Make a Difference: Old Phones, New Fence Posts; Building the Education Revolution: $1.3 billion to 9,490 schools; Indigenous Education: Aboriginal education needs goals; Health & Well-being: (3 items); Community Education: Investing in community education; Early Childhood Education: Code on hold; History Education: Histrionics; Mathematics Education: Better Teaching; Around the States & Territories: (11 items); Conferences & Events: Education Week; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

19-05-09: Cyber-bullying: NSW girls expelled as discussion heats up; Parental Internet Control: Internet Filtering and Monitoring Software; School Performance: Devil in the detail: the fear behind league tables; Languages Education: Endeavour Language Teacher Fellowships; Homework: Conclusions About Homework; Early Childhood Education: NSW pre-schools becoming unaffordable, ABC child care; Improving Teacher Quality: Relief loans for teacher grads; Tertiary Education: Foreign student fees, budget criticism; Around the States & Territories: (13 items); Conferences & Events: Education, Policy and Research Forum; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

12-05-09: Budget 2009: a summary of links to points affecting parents and schools;A National Issue: Bullying: more disturbing accounts from around the country; School Performance: discussion about league tables remains robust as Tas newspaper starts publishing; Homework: Canadian study shows homework only helps older students; Curriculum: Australian Curriculum Board announces four shaping papers; Mathematics Education: The Music of Maths; Early Childhood Education: Australia ranks low in international report, new management, parental leave; Health & Well-being: school canteens; Around the States & Territories: (7 items); Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

05-05-09: A National Issue: Bullying; Compact with Young Australians: learn or earn; Family-School & Community Partnerships: Schools First; School Competition: Does inter-school competition really lift standards? Indigenous Education: literacy in remote communities, Mick Dodson; Special Needs Education: No security for teachers of special needs pupils; Languages Education: Asia Endeavour Awards, Endeavour Language Teacher Fellowships; Higher Education: Survey confirms education can overcome disadvantage; Resources: MunchMonitor; Around the States & Territories: (15 items); Conferences & Events: (3 items); Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

28-04-09: Funding: Fairness and funding, Investing in vocational education, University funding makes economic sense; School Environment: UK study shows quality of schools local environment affects student attitudes; Discipline: Suspending students leads to other problems; Early Childhood Education: Building a better picture of Australian childrens development; Technology & Education: Laptop ‘magic’ lures young back to school in remote WA & NT; Health & Well-being: Lunchbox treats a calorie overload for kids; Around the Staes & Territories: (16 items); Conferences & Events: National Online Conference for Parents, MLTAV Annual Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

21-04-09: Attracting Quality Teachers: Pathways to attract the best graduates into teaching; Retaining Students: OECD final report released, learn or earn; School Performance: Transparency in Schools, Ministers fail on league tables; Family-School & Community Partnerships: Schools First; Indigenous Education: Indigenous children fall further behind every year they’re at school, NT educators responsible for Indigenous ‘underclass’; Early Childhood Education: ABC2 Group announcement, NSW child-care rent fiasco; Health & Well-being: (4 items); Awards & Prizes: closing soon; Around the States & Territories: (10 items); Conferences & Events: National Values Education Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

14-04-09: National Public Education Forum: Papers Available Online; Planning & Reform: MCEETYA Action Plan 2009-2012 Responses; Family-School & Community Partnerships: Schools First; Technology & Education: Alacrity Technologies; Early Childhood Education: Early Learning Framework; Indigenous Education: Indigenous Community Festivals; Higher Education: Gillard v Pyne; Around the Staes & Territories: (10 items); Awards & Prizes: Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science and Science Teaching, ASG Inspirational Teacher Awards; Conferences & Events: Lyn Allison at National Education Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

07-04-09: Building the Education Revolution: National School Pride program, discussion about funds for private schools; School Performance: more on league tables; Early Childhood: early years learning framework; Health & Well-being: Sensory play ‘key to beating autism’; TEeacher Supply: Teaching enrolments drop; Around the States & Territories; Awards & Prizes (14 items): Unsung Hero Award, Environmental Song for Australia Contest, National Art & Poetry Competition for Secondary Students; Conferences & Events: Australian Group on Severe Communication Impairment Conference, Boys & Learning: Developing Emotional Intelligence and Engagement through an Understanding of Behaviour, Communities in Control Conference; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

31-03-09: National Public Education Forum: Proceedings; National Education Conference 2009: Early Bird Registration open; Building the Education Revolution: Update; Literacy: The sound and the fury about making sense of written words; Digital Education Revolution: Additional funding for new computers in 512 schools; Remunerating Teachers: Pressure pays off; Awards & Prizes: (8 items); Early Childhood Education: (6 items); Health & Well-being: Using Mobile Phones to Monitor Teenagers Mental Health; Tertiary Education: Back to the future: the return of a reformer; Around the Staes & Territories: (8 items); Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

24-03-09: Literacy: phonics, grammar under scrutiny; Maths Education: Smartkiddies, McDonald’s; School Performance: Gillard urged to ban league tables; School Size: Small schools fail students; Safety in Schools – Bullies turn to hi-tech torment (NZ); Asian Langauge Education: New partnership fund to boost Asian languages in Schools; Civics & Citizenship Education: Students consider a new preamble for the Australian Constitution; Early Childhood Education: Kinder Surprise; Tertiary Education: Selling their souls for a university education; International Education: (2 items); Professional Development Resources: Principal Conversations; Awards & Prizes: Young Simpson Prize Winners Announced; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

17-03-09: Water Conservation in Schools: BlueScope Water, Irrigation & Water Technologies, state resources; Conferences & Events: World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development; Awards & Prizes: Australian Awards for Teaching Excellence, National Awards for Excellence in School Music Education, Schools First, Environmental Song for Australia Contest, Australian Museum Eureka Prizes; Indigenous Education: Positive Progress in Closing the Gap Welcomed; Early Childhood Education: Free resource for Children’s Services; Tertiary Education: the reviews are mixed for the Government’s bold response to the Bradley Review; Around the States & Territories; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

10-03-09: Mathematics Education: Australian crowned World Maths Day Champion while local teaching is in crisis; Inclusive Education: Support for school students with autism, Australian of the Year Mick Dodson to tour Australian schools; Research: Keep kids at school longer for core skills; Tertiary Education: Government prepares for higher education funding overhaul in light of Bradley Report; Vocational Education: 336 More Schools to Benefit from Trades Training Centres; Early Childhood Education: $955 million for preschool services; Prizes & Awards: Inspirational teaching for head start; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

03-03-09: Australian Awards for Teaching Excellence; Research: More support needed for new teachers, Schools do matter, Alcohol Education; Health & Well-Being: Generation Next, alcopop tax; Indigenous Education: Noel Pearson slams Kevin Rudd, Position created to drive effort to close indigenous gap; English Education: literature in the national curriculum, Time to value English; Early Childhood Education: Building a highly-skilled workforce; Tertiary Education; Exporting Education; Opinion: Trevor Cobbold, Gordon Brown; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

25-02-09: National Public Education Forum: Places for Parents; Public / Private: State school enrolments grow as downturn bites, more parents unable to pay private school fees; Building the Education Revolution: Guidelines available; Celebrating Teachers: Tell the world about YOUR Favourite Teacher; Mathematics Education: A disturbing set of numbers, Summing up a failure ; Equity & Social Inclusion: Poverty focus a failure for education, Noel Pearson launches fight against truancy; Civics & Citizenship Education: Students do badly in study of civics; Early Childhood: Early Childhood Learning Framework Trial Commences; Tertiary Education; Keeping Science Secular; Around the States & Territories; Awards & Prizes: 2009 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes; Conferences & Events; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

17-02-09: National Public Education Forum: Places for Parents; Education Tax Refund: Advice to Parents; Opinion: League Tables Create Incentives for Schools to Rig Their Results, Trevor Cobbold; Opinion: Do Schools Kill Creativity? Sir Ken Robinson; Indigneous Education: Outcomes: are the answers in the mainstream?, Engaging excellent Aboriginal students in science, Aboriginal Training Programs Team of TAFE Tasmania win Award; Tertiary Education; Health & Well-Being: New guidelines declare closing time for teen drinkers; Around the States & Territories; Conferences & Events; Reminders; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

10-02-09: ACSSO National Education Conference 2009: Dr Neil Hawkes; National Public Education Forum: Geoffrey Robertson; Digital Education Revolution: When MySpace ends in tears; Opinion: The perils of boganism are home grown; Opinion: Whatever happened to the Education revolution? Public / Private: Parents abandoning public schools, Private schools feel the squeeze, Private schools seize homes over fees; Early Childhood Education: We want to know the basics, say preps; Remunerating Teachers: Top teachers rewarded in new pay scheme; Tertiary Education; Awards & Prizes: Australian Rural Education Awards, Australian Museum Eureka Science Prizes; Around the States & Territories; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

03-02-09: Building the Education Revolution: New and Upgraded Buildings in every Australian School, Building a Better National Future through Education, School spending ‘to boost productivity’; Supporting Families: $950 One-Off Cash Bonus to Support Jobs; Schools Working Together: More funds for school projects; Digital Education Revolution: Elite private schools take big bite from laptop plan, NSW teachers will be given laptops under $44 million plan; Indigenous Education: Bid to lift Aboriginal education; Early Childhood: Call for childcare industry shakeup, Tough new child-care ratios on the table, Rudd child care ratings promise put on ice; Conferences; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

27-01-09: Baton Hand-Over For ACSSO: Welcome to new President Steve Carter, Thanks for everything, outgoing president Jennifer Branch, … and au revoir to Executive Director Terry Aulich; ACSSO National Education Conference 2009; Opinion: When students miss out, Australia will pay the price; Education Tax Refund: Keep receipts for the Education Tax Refund; Health & Well-Being: Schools benefit from fresh food program; Early Childhood: Child care support for children with high care needs; Aweards & Prizes: Australian Rural Education Awards, Eureka Science Prizes; Special Events: International Mother Language Day, Harmony Day; Conferences; Reminders; Resource Listings; ACSSO Email Newsletters … read more

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