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Recent headlines . . .
National exam recommended
QLD - A report to the Queensland Government has recommended that teaching exams be introduced nationally to ensure teachers have adequate teaching skills in basic subjects.
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Funding worries
NSW – Some public schools have accused the NSW State Government of using federal stimulus money to pay for school works that should be paid for by the State.
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Swine flu risk
SA – Education Department chief executive, Chris Robinson, has written to parents asking them to keep students suffering from flu-like symptoms at home, because of the risk of swine-flu.
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Victorian state budget
VIC – Victorian schools are expected to get over $300 million in funding as part of the state budget.
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Casual staff cut back
NSW – The University of Sydney will cut back on casual staff due to a new industrial agreement between the university and the National Tertiary Education Union.
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Businesses encouraged to invest in education
NATIONAL – National Australia Bank chairman and chancellor of the University of Western Australia, Michael Chaney, has said that businesses need to invest in universities to ensure high quality graduates in the future.
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Canteen concerns
NSW – Some Sydney schools are struggling to keep their canteens open, due to high running costs and a lack of volunteers.
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Teachers move south for better pay
QLD – The Queensland Teachers Union has said that Gold Coast teachers are going to southern states, for improved pay rates .
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On textbooks
NATIONAL- Denise Ryan looks at school textbooks and their publishers.
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Opinion . . .
Teacher training vital
QLD – This editorial in ‘The Australian’ looks at the importance of teacher training in basic subject skills.
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Education expert on the budget
NATIONAL – Professor in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, Simon Marginson, has said the federal budget will ‘not deliver the promised Rudd “revolution” in tertiary education and research’.
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Good News . . .
Students get on their feet
QLD - Students from Ferny Grove, Ferny Hills and Newmarket state schools and St Ambrose’s School in, Newmarket, are participating in Walk Safely to School Day.
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International . . .
Head teachers boycott tests
UK – Head teachers are boycotting the national curriculum tests for year six students.
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School fees cut
ZIMBABWE – It has been reported that government schools in Zimbabwe have been ordered to cut fees after parents were having difficulty affording them. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai recently said the unity government was ‘broke’.
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Music school makeover
AFGHANISTAN – Kabul’s Secondary Vocational School of Music, now the National Institute for Music for Afghanistan, is set to become a world class music facility.
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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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