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Recent headlines . . .
43/100 for the Education Revolution
NATIONAL - Poor Marks are given to the
Education Revolution, which is running off course, according
to former dean of education at Melbourne University Brian
Caldwell.
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Possibilities of state wide strike in Tasmania
TAS - Anger over the controversial year-10
education system, Tasmania Tomorrow, has been escalating.
The Education Union predicts that a state wide strike will
occur before the end of the year.
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newspaper report
'Tough love' from the Cape York Aboriginal
Academy
QLD - The new Cape York Aboriginal Academy
will be enforcing an extended curriculum, in an attempt
to lift indigenous children up to national education standards.
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newspaper report
Children without male role models
SA - The number of male teachers is declining
in South Australia, with only 19 per cent of the students
enrolled in teaching being male. Educators and academics
have called for a more concerted effort to attract teaching
to men.
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newspaper report
First to be carbon neutral
ACT - The Australian National University
Students Association will be the first to become carbon
neutral, after students voted to spend $60,000 on installing
solar panels to the schools student concessions building.
The investment looks to earning $100,000 in the next 25
years.
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newspaper report
Pay docked over industrial action
NATIONAL - The Education Department has
told the Upper House Parliamentary that it is withholding
pay from school staff engaging in industrial action.
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newspaper report
New alliance 'first of its kind'
ACT - An alliance between the University
of Canberra and two high schools is the first of its kind
in Canberra. The alliance will give students a look into
higher education, and use of the University's better recourses.
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Opinion . . .
Students come before decent pay and work
conditions
NATIONAL - 'Teachers who go on strike
over pay and conditions deserve no thanks and in fact demean
other teachers', says Christopher Bantick, education commentator
and senior English secondary teacher. Bantick looks at the
importance of quality teachers, and celebrates the ones
which put their students first.
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newspaper report
The presence of culture and art in Education
NATIONAL - Christopher Pearson asks 'what
impact should national cultural policy aim to have on contemporary
Australia?' Pearson looks at the culture present in Aboriginal
education, and the extent to which arts and culture in Education
are deteriorating.
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newspaper report
Good news . . .
Student recognised for efforts to improve
rural health care
NSW - A medical student from the University
of New South Wales has been awarded the Student of the Year
Award for 2009 from the Rural Doctors' Association of Australia
and Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine for
his attempt to attract young doctors to work in rural Australia.
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newspaper report
International
China's minister of education dismissed
CHINA - China's education minister, Zhou
Ji, has been replaced by with a deputy, after being blamed
for China's education system moving backwards, instead of
forwards, in attempting to raise literacy rates and build
a world-class university system.
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newspaper report
School sued for punishment for out of school
activities
USA - A school in Indianapolis is being
sued for punishing two teenage girls for posting sexually
explicit photos on their MySpace page, which was set on
private so only those designated as friends could view them.
The girls were forced to apologise to the school's coaches'
board, undergo counseling, and were banned from extracurricular
activities.
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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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