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Recent headlines . . .
Signs set to get disclaimer
NATIONAL – The Federal Government has agreed to place disclaimer stickers on signs outside schools advertising its school stimulus spending.
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Visas not for sale
NATIONAL – Trade Minister Simon Crean has visited India and reiterated that Australia is selling quality education not visas.
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Public service plans supported by ANU
NATIONAL – The Australian National University (ANU) has shown its support for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s plans to review the public service to improve the quality of staff.
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Family payments may be cut
NATIONAL – Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has said the entire family payments system is under review, including family cash payments for school-age children.
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Would you like a new library?
NATIONAL – Riverleigh State School, which may soon be closed, has reportedly been given $250,000 to build a library, despite the principal not wanting one.
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Creative school announcement
NSW – Premier Nathan Rees has visited his old high school, Northmead High School, where he has announced two new creative and performing arts high schools will be created.
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Shocking guest at school ball
VIC – It has been revealed convicted pedophile, Gary John Riddle, attended a debutante ball at a Geelong school last week.
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Violence and absenteeism
VIC – The ‘Herald Sun’ has reported on new evidence that shows a link between regular student absenteeism and rising levels of street violence.
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Opinion . . .
Leaked information?
NATIONAL – Dennis Shanahan has investigated an alleged leaked Treasury minute that proposes a solution to the problematic spending of the Building the Education Revolution funding.
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Good news . . .
Tennis finals coming up
QLD – Ipswich Grammar School’s open tennis team are set to play in Rockhampton for the Queensland Tennis Secondary Schools finals.
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International
School speech protested
USA – President Barack Obama has met criticism from Republicans about a plan to give televised speech to US school students next week.
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Beslan anniversary
RUSSIA – Russia is mourning the fifth anniversary of the Beslan siege, where hostages were forced into a school gymnasium and 186 children were killed.
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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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