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Recent headlines . . .
Parents ponder 'super-school' mergers
SA – Parents are being asked if they will accept the merger of 44 schools into nine new 'super-schools'.
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School statistic laws condemned by experts
NSW – Laws which ban the publication of statistics that rank NSW schools have been criticised by legal experts and civil libertarians.
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New test for aspiring teachers
QLD – Potential teachers will need to pass literacy, numeracy and science tests before becoming registered to be able to teach in Queensland schools. The tests will commence in 2012.
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‘Education Revolution’ spending audit
NATIONAL – The Senate has voted to ask the Auditor-General to investigate the Government's Building the Education Revolution spending and find 'whether value for money is being achieved in both the program's job creation and education aspirations'.
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Language learning funds potentially pointless: expert
NATIONAL - Australian Council of State School Organisations president, Steve Carter, has said the $500 million allocated for school language centres is pointless unless there are proper specialist language teachers and demand for language learning.
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Class time changes may be beneficial
SA – The Secondary Principals Association has said retention rates could be improved by changing the traditional class times of 8.30am to 3.30pm.
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'Bad reputation'
QLD - The Migration Institute of Australia's Queensland president, Sharon Harris has said some education agents and providers were creating a bad reputation for Queensland’s student market.
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Primary schools will not control funds
ACT – ACT Education Minister Andrew Barr has said primary schools will not be able to spend new Federal Government funds at their own discretion.
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Opinion . . .
'Sinister' new law
NSW – This opinion piece by Imre Salusinszky describes the law banning the publication of statistics that rank NSW schools as, 'one of the most sinister on the statute books of any jurisdiction in the commonwealth'.
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Good news . . .
US school has no dropouts
USA - Camden's MetEast High School's graduating class has had no dropouts and every member of its graduating class has been accepted into at least one college.
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International
Expert shuns free higher education
UK - Jeremy Peat, education expert and former economic advisor to the Treasury, has dismissed the policy of universal free higher education.
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New student loan pay back plan
USA - Those with federal student loans in the US can now apply for a scheme that caps monthly payments based on income and forgives remaining balances after 25 years.
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ACEL Noticeboard
Educational Leadership and Coaching Conference
Macquarie University, Sydney
14 15 July, 2009
It is now widely accepted that coaching is a key element of successful leadership development and the most effective way to achieve sustainable results. For this reason Growth Coaching International (formerly Australian Growth Coaching), Macquarie University, and Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) are joining forces to launch the first Australian conference for educators that focuses on coaching and leadership development.
This is a conference with a difference. It applies coaching principles to ensure you maximise the learning you take away to create sustainable change in your work environment. You will hear about the latest research on leadership and coaching from exemplary overseas and local researchers and practitioners in the field of leadership coaching. You will also hear about inspiring case studies of how coaching has had a positive impact on results being achieved in schools and other educational institutions. This conference provides the opportunity for you and your leadership teams to be coached yourselves so that you walk away from the conference with a plan of action to be implemented immediately!
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