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Recent headlines . . .
Principals doubt My School accuracy
NATIONAL - A survey by the Australian
Education Union has revealed that nine in 10 school principals
believe the My Schools website fails to give an accurate
indication of school performance.
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Gillard speaks out on My School survey
NATIONAL - Education Minister Julia Gillard
has dismissed recent criticism of the My School website.
'We believe parents around the country have voted with their
fingertips in huge numbers because they were hungry for
this information,' she said.
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Corporate dollars in education
VIC - Melbourne Weekly Magazine's Henrietta
Cook investigates the controversy surrounding the corporate
support of education.
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History curriculum may be 'pared back'
NATIONAL - Australian Curriculum, Assessment
and Reporting Authority chief executive officer, Peter Hill,
has said the draft national history curriculum may have
to be cut-back, due to time restrictions on teachers.
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Inappropriate teachers may slip through
loophole
QLD - There is pressure on the state
government to close loopholes that currently allow a former
teacher convicted of raping a 13-year-old student to re-apply
to teach again.
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More collapses predicted
NSW - The 'Sydney Morning Herald' has
reported that fourteen training colleges have collapsed
in NSW over the past six months. Chief Executive of the
Migration Institute of Australia, Maurene Horder, has predicted
there will be more private college closures in the future.
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newspaper report
'Scandalous' spending
NSW - President of the Parents and Citizens
group at Nashdale Public School, June Coleman, has said
the way in which funding for new school buildings has been
spent is 'scandalous'.
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Say goodbye to heavy textbooks...
NSW - Casula High School teacher, Ken
Silburn, has said that the days of having textbooks for
students are 'long gone'. Silburn is travelling to the USA
this week to work with NASA scientists simulating space
experiments.
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newspaper report
Opinion . . .
An uneven playing field?
NATIONAL - This opinion piece criticises
the use of academic coaching for selective school exams,
labeling it as 'performance-enhancing tuition'.
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Don't forget the essentials
NATIONAL - This editorial in the 'Sydney
Morning Herald' contends that less glamourous facilites,
such as toilets, should not be forgotten when providing
funding for schools in the school building program. This
editorial begins half way down the page.
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Good news . . .
Back to food basics
ACT - Majura Primary is the first ACT
school to participate in the Kitchen Garden Program, in
which students will have fortnightly lessons in gardening
and cooking.
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newspaper report
International
New approach to learning has positive results
CANADA - Blessed John XXIII Elementary
and Junior High teaches a diverse range of pupils using
the philosophy, 'Learning for all... whatever it takes'.
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newspaper report
'Factory' schools slammed
UK - Master of Wellington College, Anthony
Seldon, has said that the state education system is creating
graduates 'incapable of living full and autonomous lives',
and that a holistic education experience is more beneficial.
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newspaper report
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