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Teachers may face pressure from parents
NT - An anonymous teacher, whose school is participating in a new welfare payments for school attendance scheme, has said the trial may cause teachers to be attacked by angry parents who have missed out on the dole.
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Review panel waits
NATIONAL - Denise Bradley has headed a panel recommending changes to improve the higher education system, and is now waiting on Education Minister Julia Gillard to signal which changes will be made.
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Students struggle to find the work/school balance
NSW - NSW Minister for Education, Verity Firth, is encouraging students to keep their school, life and work balance in check.
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No school camp? Blame climate change
VIC - Canterbury Primary School has cancelled a year 4 camp citing 'climate change and risk management'.
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HSC students given recommended word counts
NSW - From next year, HSC students will be given suggested word counts for exam essays.
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Vitamin D row
NSW - Parents of students, and Father John Walter of St Joseph's Primary School, are at odds over a plan to erect a shadecloth at the school.
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Students get Gmail
SA - Students at the University of Adelaide will use Gmail, the Google email system, as their default student email.
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Statistics show future student drop
TAS - 'The Mercury' has revealed that there will be 10 per cent fewer public school students by the start of the 2010 school year.
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Round one
NSW - NSW schools on the south coast, and in the southern highlands, have been invited to apply for the first round of funding in the Federal Government's economic stimulus plan.
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No amalgamation hit list
TAS - Education Minister David Bartlett is still saying that there is no list of schools facing closure or amalgamation.
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Opinion . . .
Stamping out truancy
NATIONAL - Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has recommended new anti-truancy laws.
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Australian of the Year's plan 'on the money'
NATIONAL - This editorial in 'The Australian' contends that Professor Mick Dodson's plan, to have all children enrolled in school next year, is 'on the money'.
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Good News . . .
Art a great outlet for students
VIC - Students at Dixons Creek Primary School have created artwork to help them deal with the recent Black Saturday fires.
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International . . .
US schools get stimulus package funds
USA - Missouri and Illinois schools will soon be reciving $4.4 billion as part of a federal stimulus package.
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Chapatti party
INDIA - An inquiry is taking place into a party at Government Primary School where the principal and teachers allegedly were drinking alcohol and students were allegedly directed to cook chapattis.
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