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Recent headlines . . .
Horrifying allegations
QLD - 'The Courier Mail' has reported
that some parents have pulled their children out of a Brisbane
primary school after a shocking sex act was allegedly performed
on student by at least three year one and two boys.
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newspaper report
Welfare payments trial in Brisbane
QLD - Parents in some Brisbane suburbs
will be denied their welfare payments if their children
do not attend school regularly.
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newspaper report
Preschool education talks
ACT - The ACT Education Department and
unions have met to discuss the qualifications of preschool
teachers and the rollout of longer preschool hours.
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newspaper report
A healthy way to school
QLD - Student Owen Gillott is one of
the few students who cycle to school every day.
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newspaper report
More time for special education reforms
NSW - There will be more consultation
before the reform of special education in public schools
in NSW is decided.
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newspaper report
No sprinklers
QLD - The Queensland Government has said
sprinklers will not be fitted in all schools, despite a
fire destroying three historic buildings at Silkstone State
School on the weekend.
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newspaper report
New hall still a tight squeeze
NSW - According to Craig Turner, president
of Baulkham Hills North Public School's parents and citizens
association, the school's new hall, built with funds from
the Building the Education Revolution program, will only
seat 50 more people than the previous hall.
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newspaper report
Students to get Windows cheap
NATIONAL - Australian students will reportedly
soon be able to buy Windows 7 at the heavily discounted
price of around $30.
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newspaper report
Opinion . . .
What's the use of homework?
NATIONAL - Ainslie MacGibbon has written
that there is no evidence that homework is useful in the
early years of education.
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newspaper report
Good news . . .
Bullying seminar created by students
NSW - Students at Cowra High School have
organised an anti-bullying seminar to help prevent bullying
at the school.
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newspaper report
International
School food improvements
USA - This editorial looks at the Child
Nutrition Act in the USA and the quality of food the funding
for it buys.
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newspaper report
Budget cuts
UK - Cabinet Minister, Ed Balls, has conceded that there
may need to be cuts to the education budget.
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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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