Know any colleagues who would
like to keep up-to-date with Australian education news? Simply
forward this email to them and they can then choose to
subscribe.
If you cannot view this page properly, view it on the internet
at: http://www.fasttext.com.au/fastnews
Recent headlines . . .
Government to consider youth allowance changes
NATIONAL – The federal government has said it will consider changing proposed plans for Youth Allowance, that may see some students who have chosen to defer studies becoming ineligible.
Read newspaper report
Howard’s funding plan continues
NATIONAL – The federal government will continue the Howard government’s funding arrangements for private schools until 2012, which will see private schools receiving an estimated $26.2 billion over the next four years.
Read newspaper report
Better off or worse off?
NATIONAL – Education Minister Julia Gillard has side-stepped a question about whether private schools will be worse off from 2013 under a new funding agreement for schools.
Read newspaper report
Brethren School receives federal funding
NATIONAL – NSW Greens MP John Kaye has said the Exclusive Brethren schools in Queensland have ‘exploited’ a loophole in the Building the Education Revolution funding program.
Read newspaper report
Assess and learn
NATIONAL – Visiting educator, Professor Helen Timperley, has said children’s literacy skills better in schools, where teachers are taught to interpret and use pupil assessment data to improve teaching methods.
Read newspaper report
Contradictory to policy: lobby group
ACT – The Save Our Schools lobby group has said the Government’s proposal to move the Islamic School to a new, bigger site at a former public education site is contradictory to policy.
Read newspaper repor
Language Centre plans
NT – The ABC has reported that the Territory Government is considering taking four teaching positions away from the Alice Springs Language Centre and relocating resources to Darwin.
Read newspaper report
Prioritising funds
TAS – Liberal education spokesperson, Sue Napier, has said the criteria to obtain Building the Education Revolution funding needs to be broadened to ensure schools can spend money on the most important projects.
Read newspaper report
Alcohol banned at school rugby matches
NSW – Alcohol has been banned at rugby matches at St Ignatius' College and St Joseph's College in Sydney.
Read newspaper report
Opinion . . .
Catholic schools and funding
NATIONAL - Emeritus Professor of History and Politics at Griffith University, Ross Fitzgerald, has written an opinion piece, ‘How Catholic schools are failing the poor’.
Read newspaper report
Good news . . .
Ice Factor keeping students in school
SA – The Ice Factor program uses ice hockey to help keep students at risk of truancy in classrooms.
Read newspaper report
International
Protestors rally against education changes
VENEZUELA – Thousands of protestors have rallied against new education laws that the government says will broaden state control over schools and make the education system secular.
Read newspaper report
HIV students’ discrimination
VIETNAM – Efforts to enroll HIV positive children in public schools in Vietnam has been met with difficulty, due to the attitudes of parents and schools.
Read newspaper report
ACEL Noticeboard
What is the moment of critical mass?
The threshold or boiling point—when successful change is about to happen? What causes ideas, innovations, and products to tip into the mainstream of practice, leading to changes in behaviour and extraordinary outcomes? When do we know we are changing student lives? Spend three challenging and memorable days exploring these questions and uncovering new pathways to improving student and school outcomes. Choose from over 100 presentations and workshops addressing five conference strands:
• Challenging environments, extraordinary leadership
• Transformational practices, leading change
• Unleashing potential, emerging leaders
• Imagining the impossible, creating tomorrows
• Creating the future, challenging the past: Excellence in Learning, Teaching, and Leadership
With seven extraordinary keynotes, eighteen lead papers and over one hundred workshops to attend, this will be the learning conference to attend in 2009. Our full list of speakers and additions to the conference program will continue to be updated on the conference registration website.
Participants are reminded that the Council of Educational Facility Planners International conference will be held the 24th -26th September at the same venue and will join our conference on the Saturday to hear and share speakers. When you register for ACEL conference you can also register for all or part of the CEFPI conference if you have paid a full registration.
Registrations for conference are flying in. With over 700 delegates registered we encourage you to book flights and accommodation as quickly as possible. If you are having trouble booking accommodation contact our office on 1800 680 559 and our staff will be able to advise of vacancies. A number of hotels are on standby to take last minute delegates.
|
