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Recent headlines . . .
Super schools 'outdated concept', says
opposition
SA - The opposition says that the super
schools project in South Australia is an 'outdated concept',
and that there will be many students missing out of enrolment
at the schools.
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No changes for school budgets
SA - South Australian state schools receive
their budgets today, however they will 'disappoint', according
to an Educational Department official. The budgets have
not changed much since last year, indicating no salary changes.
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newspaper report
More on the unreliability of national literacy
and numeracy tests
NATIONAL - Melbourne University associate
professor Margaret Wu has come out to argue against the
use of the national literacy and numeracy tests to compare
school performances, after studies show that they can be
'unreliable'.
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Actively engaging parents in school
TAS - State schools and the Australian
Parents Council have joined together to find ways to encourage
parents to help at schools, and the partnership between
parents and schools. The conference will be held in Hobart
this week.
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newspaper report
Children under seventeen 'denied a second
chance'
NSW - Students, who struggle in school
environments, can no longer go to TAFE to continue their
education - as TAFE 'closes its doors' to year 10 students
who want a second chance.
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Australia voted safest for Indian students
NATIONAL - A poll of 1130 Indian students
has found that 26 per cent ranked Australia as the safest
nation, putting Australia ahead of the US and the UK.
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newspaper report
Languages the 'first major casualty'
SA - Following the introduction to the
new South Australian Certificate of Education regulations,
Independent Education Union state secretary Glen Seidel
predicts that languages will be the 'first major casualty'
of the change. Stating that already on teacher has been
made redundant due to changing demand.
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newspaper report
Economic climate leads students to pursue
stable career options
NATIONAL - Nursing and teaching careers
have become more popular for students, as 2010 applications
for nursing at Australian Catholic University have risen
44 per cent and teaching degrees raise 38 per cent.
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Government isn't 'listening to its own backbench'
on the needs of public schools
NATIONAL - In a letter to Education Minister
Julia Gillard, Federal Labor MP Jennie George has criticized
the way the educational revolution has been handled, and
that it is failing to 'address the urgent needs of public
schools'.
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Opinion . . .
War won as phonics gain recognition
NSW - The new literacy teaching guides
in New South Wales are celebrated, as the program recognises
the importance of phonics, not just the 'whole word' technique,
when teaching young children to read.
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Good news . . .
Queensland Road Safety Award for school
teacher
QLD - Tamara Warner has been awarded
the Queensland Road Safety Award for a program Behaviour
Risk Attitude Knowledge Education, or BRAKE, which she taught
to students in remote areas.
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newspaper report
International
Politicizing American youth
USA - Protests have been planned to try
and stop the political 'indoctrination' of school children,
after school children were filmed performing a song praising
American President Barack Obama. The video appeared on YouTube
titled "School Kids Taught to Praise Obama"
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newspaper report
Recruiting an army
of 'great, new teachers'
USA - U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has started a
search for 'extraordinary' new generation of teachers, claiming
that education is 'the civil rights cause of our time'.
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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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