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Recent headlines . . .
New subjects added to national school curriculum plans
NATIONAL – Education ministers have agreed to add geography, languages and the arts to a second phase of the national curriculum.
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School performance report mock-up revealed
NATIONAL - The 'Daily Telegraph' has reported it has obtained a mock-up of how school performance data will be presented.
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Schools’ performance goes online
NATIONAL – Federal Education Minister, Julia Gillard, has said that, from this year, information on the performance of schools across the nation will be available on the internet for parents.
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Student tells Coroner he 'backed out' of Blue Mountains walk
NSW - Sydney Grammar School student, Anthony Foster, told the NSW Coroner that he pulled out of a Blue Mountains trip the day before it was set to depart, saying, 'I didn't feel it was to be adequately planned'. Fellow student, David Iredale, died on the trip after getting lost.
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Increase school retention rate through encouragement: report
NATIONAL - The 'Jobs for Youth: Australia' report has said that the Government should encourage students to stay in school to year 12, instead of only raising the school-leaving age.
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New school plans
QLD - Treasurer Andrew Fraser has announced that seven new schools will be built in Queensland's south-east.
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National certificate suggestion
NATIONAL - The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said that Australia should consider creating a national certificate, instead of state-based qualifications.
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Parents bankrupted over school fees
VIC - The 'Herald Sun' has reported that some of Melbourne's top private schools have bankrupted parents over unpaid school fees.
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Opinion . . .
Latham on education revolution
NATIONAL – Mark Latham has written on the state of public schools and has said that a revolution in Australia’s schools could take place if we placed 'resources and authority in the hands of the key stakeholders – parents and students'.
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Good News . . .
School builds commemorative brick wall
QLD - Coningsby State School is creating a commemorative brick wall incorporating the names of the families involved with the school.
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International . . .
Boston may speak out on QCA role
UK – Ken Boston, the Australian former chief executive of the Qualifications and Curriculums Authority in the UK, is expected to speak about the his role in the recent exam marking fiasco.
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School teaches the language of Jesus to students
NATIONAL – The Aramaic Language Academy, in Syria, is teaching students how to speak the ancient language, Aramaic.
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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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