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Recent headlines . . .
New online register to help international students
NATIONAL – A register of approved offshore education agents is being established to help prevent students wanting to study in Australia from using unscrupulous education agents.
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Bully boot camp
QLD - Gold Coast litigation lawyer, Bruce Simmonds, has recommended the Bligh government take ‘drastic measures’ to stop bullying and consider setting up reform schools or boot camps to help curb the problem.
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Dress smart
VIC - Chandler Primary School principal Peter Paul has said teachers need to dress professionally to help gain the respect of students and parents.
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Education goal for Labor party
TAS – Premier David Bartlett has said the Tasmanian Labor party will strive to 'lead the nation in literacy and numeracy by 2016'.
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Student suicides in the media
VIC – This article looks at how suicides are reported in the news media. Four students from the Geelong area committed suicide over a six month period.
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Asbestos testing
QLD – ‘The Sunday Mail’ has reported that experts have been called to test Queensland schools for asbestos over 100 times in the past two and a half years.
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Life of an academic
VIC – This obituary looks at the life of Vicki Plaisted, an academic and sports psychologist.
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Decision time
VIC – Year 10 students in Victoria will soon choose which subjects the want to study in VCE.
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Opinion . . .
Inquiry essential
NATIONAL - This editorial in ‘The Australian’ contends that the Auditor General’s inquiry into the efficiency of the school stimulus package is ‘timely and important’.
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Discipline in schools
NATIONAL – This article looks at whether new models of behaviour management in schools are effective.
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Good news . . .
Principal praises PBL
NSW – Principal of Cambridge Park High School, Roger Berry, has said that Positive Behaviour for Learning, a ‘whole school approach to prevent problem behaviour’, has already benefitted the school.
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International
Students and computers: opinion
WORLD - Jacob L.Vigdor, professor of public policy and economics at Duke University, writes that, for young students, 'a computer is a toy that also happens to have some school-related uses, rather than the other way round'.
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Extremist schools
INDONESIA – This article looks at extremist schools where students are frequently recruited to practice terrorism, and why parents choose to send their children to them.
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ACEL Noticeboard
Supporting Pregnant Teens & Young Parents Symposium
On the 4th and 5th of August there is a unique networking opportunity for state and federal government departments (education, health, communities, child safety, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander policy, women’s policy) as well as community agencies and organisations, youth programs, and schools conducting support programs for pregnant and parenting students to participate in workshops and discussions about:
- The experiences of diverse groups of pregnant & parenting teenagers
- Sharing models of support
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Highlighting what’s working well
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Identifying gaps in service delivery
More information and registration details can be found at:
http://www.awe.asn.au/
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