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Recent headlines . . .
Education Minister 'appalled'
NSW - Education Minister Verity Firth has said she is 'appalled, amazed and angry' after the Education Department signed new leases, increasing the rent for many not-for-profit childcare groups using school premises. Opposition community services spokeswoman, Pru Goward, has questioned her reaction, claiming Firth already knew about the issue.
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Musician attacks music education
NATIONAL - Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti, has criticised the quality of music education in Australian schools.
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Parents find sport costly
SA - A survey has revealed that many parents are finding it increasingly difficult to fund their children playing sport.
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Student union calls for inquiry
NATIONAL - The National Union of Students has called for an inquiry into the mistreatment of international students. The union would like the enquiry to focus on higher education providers offering subpar courses and unscrupulous landlords.
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Start computer learning early: education expert
QLD - Professor Neil Anderson has said kindergartens should begin exposing students to computers to help prepare them to school and the real world.
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Perth push
WA - Education Minister Liz Constable and several vice-chancellors will tour China to promote Perth's offerings in higher education.
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Upcoming Islamic school hearing
QLD - Four days in court and hearings will help decide next week whether the controversial proposed Islamic school in Cawdor Road will be approved.
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Funds for holiday programs
WA - Funding for school holiday programs will be allocated for councils and organisations in the south-west and great southern Western Australian region.
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Opinion . . .
Struggling with technology
NATIONAL - Garry Barker has said schools need to improve how they use computers and technology.
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Good News . . .
After school hip hop moves
QLD - More than 40 students from Cabramatta High School particpated in a hip-hop dance workshop run by orgnisation, Critical Hype.
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International . . .
Billions in incentives for US schools
USA - Education Secretary Arne Duncan has plans to spend $5 billion US dollars in incentives for states willing 'to challenge the status quo' in education.
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Cutbacks set back education 50 years: union
IRELAND - The Teachers' Union of Ireland has said that budget cutbacks have 'thrown education back 50 years'.
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ACEL Noticeboard
Australian Awards for Teaching Excellence 2009
Nominations are now open for the Australian Awards for Teaching Excellence.
The awards this year will be made in the following six categories, with an additional Minister’s Award for Excellence in ICT:
• Excellence by a Teacher
• Excellence in Teacher Leadership
• Excellence by a Principal
• Excellence by a Beginning Teacher
• Excellence by a Support Staff Member
• Excellence by a School and its Community.
Teaching Australia is managing the awards nomination and selection process, in partnership with the Australian College of Educators.
The closing date for nominations is 19 June 2009.
The presentation will be made by the Minister for Education, the Hon Julia Gillard, in a ceremony in the Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra in October, in association with World Teachers’ Day.
To find out more go to:
http://www.teachingaustralia.edu.au
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