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Recent headlines . . .
Staff numbers chosen by student attendance
NT - A Northern Territory policy, that
dictates the number of staff members a school has using
attendance rates, may be harming student's education, according
to Australian Education Union federal president Angelo Gavrielatos.
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newspaper report
Education department says no to more pupil-free
days
VIC - The Senior Education Department
is not supporting the concept of more pupil-free days for
professional development programs, citing that student learning
time should not be further interrupted.
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newspaper report
Fewer students smoking: survey
WA - The 2008 Australian School Students
Alcohol and Drug survey has found that the number of school
children who smoke has declined.
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newspaper report
School with no hall gets new library
NSW - Annangrove Public School has been
given funding for a new library, instead of for its first
preference for building, a school hall.
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newspaper report
School bus tragedy
NSW - An 11-year-old boy has died after
he was hit by a school bus in the Junee area.
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newspaper report
Website information 'incomplete'
NATIONAL - The Australian Education Union
has said parents will get an 'incomplete' picture of school
performance from a website that will post student test results,
but not information on the school's funding and resources.
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newspaper report
Indian Government to investigate student
attacks
NATIONAL - Consular officials from the
Indian Government are now investigating the recent attacks
on Indian students in Australia.
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newspaper report
Bullied student reportedly given 'stop sign'
QLD - A mother of an autistic student
at Ipswich West State School has claimed that her son was
given a 'stop sign' to wave for when he was being bullied.
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newspaper report
Opinion . . .
Progress, not revolution
NATIONAL - Geoffrey Blainey has said
that there will not be an education revolution in Australia
and that we can only hope for progress.
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newspaper report
Good news . . .
Gold Coast teacher honoured
QLD - Gold Coast teacher, Fran Jones,
has been awarded the Order of the Gold Coast in the Education
category for her contribution to the community.
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newspaper report
International
Millions for education fund
ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwe has been granted a
$70 million Educational Transition Fund to improve the quality
of education for the county's children.
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newspaper report
Swine flu can't stop
online learning
WORLD - Microsoft is promoting its free online service for
file sharing and collaborating on projects as a means to
help students and schools hit by the swine flu.
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newspaper report
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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