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Recent headlines . . .
Message of peace
NSW - The father of Jai Morcom, a student who died after a fight at Mullumbimby High School on Saturday, has urged students to 'think peace' during a protest against a so-called 'bullying culture' at the school.
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Change for Education and Training Department
WA - Premier Colin Barnett, has announced plans to split up the Department of Education and Training.
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Free pre-school for Indigenous children: group
NATIONAL - The Save the Children Australia group has said that indigenous children should receive free pre-school education to help improve their literacy and numeracy.
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Early success for welfare trial
NT - The Federal Government has said, during a trial where welfare payments are linked to children's school attendance, no parents had their welfare payments stopped.
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Opposition protests signs
NATIONAL - Opposition education spokesperson, Chris Pyne, has said that he has written to the Australian Electoral Commission, over concerns regarding a Federal Government plan to post signs that acknowledge commonwealth support at schools.
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The winning bet is on education
VIC - High school students are taking place in gambling workshops to understand how destructive gambling can be.
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Goodbye to VCE?
VIC - The 'Sunday Herald Sun' has reported that the VCE in Victoria is set to be replaced by a national education certificate.
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League table hand outs
NSW - The Public Education Alliance is reportedly encouraging members to hand out information that oppose league tables for schools, to parents outside of school grounds.
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Opinion . . .
National education certificate welcomed
VIC - This 'Herald Sun' editorial shows support for a national education certificate for years 11 and 12, in replacement of the VCE.
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Good news . . .
Reunited after 62 years
NSW - Students from the class of 1945 to 1947, at Maclean District Rural High School, have attended their 62 year reunion in Maclean.
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International
School building a green effort
UK - Acharacle Primary School has been described as Scotland's first sustainable school.
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Uniform grants
UK - The Welsh Assembly Government is going into its fourth year of providing grants for secondary school uniforms.
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ACEL Noticeboard
How can corporate Australia support our schools?
Business Class: How Can Corporate Australia Support Our Schools? is to be held at Melbourne’s iconic NGV International on October 20 and will feature a panel of leading figures from some of the most influential and respected organisations operating in the Australian education landscape today.
The panel put in place by Spheres of Influence to debate the issue of how corporate Australia can support our schools features:
Prof. Brian J Caldwell, Managing Director, Educational Transformations; Adam Smith, CEO, Foundation for Young Australians; Dr Steve Holden, Managing Editor, Teacher Magazine; Jenny Lewis, CEO, Australian Council of Educational Leaders, and Rupert Macgregor, Executive Director, Australian Council of State School Organisations.
‘The aim is to disseminate the major issues on the subject of corporate Australia’s involvement in education and create some tangible outcomes to help shape the future of a subject that is gaining an increasing amount of attention and has a significant bearing on the future education of Australia’s children and young people,’ said Patrizia Torelli, Managing Director, Spheres of Influence International.
The event comes at a time when the answer to the question of corporate Australia’s role in supporting our schools is yet to be answered by Government. Speaking recently on the
topic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education The Hon Julia Gillard MP said: ‘Clearly, we [The Rudd Government] believe the engagement of corporate Australia with schools has to be on the basis of making a genuine difference, not on the basis of product promotion [...]. But I do believe that corporate Australia can play a role in supporting our schools.’
It is critical that in the next few months the education sector takes steps to develop a concerted viewpoint on how corporate Australia can support our schools and Business Class provides a significant opportunity to foster dialogue on the subject.
Spheres of Influence aims to produce tangible outcomes with which to move forward and ensure Australia is a world leader in the responsible and mutually beneficial engagement of the corporate world with schools.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting: http://www.sofiibusinessclass.eventbrite.com/
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