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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Why Sweden's early learning is so good The Conversation, 6 Mar 2015  Sweden leads the world in early childhood education,
three academics say... EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Kinders need 15 hours per week Tas Govt media release, 6 Mar 2015  The federal government needs to
urgently respond to the Education Council's call for a minimum of 15
hours per week for children in kindergarten during the year before
entering Grade 1, education minister Jeremy Rockliff says...TEACHER SALARIES Unpaid teachers require compensation TasLabor media release, 5 Mar 2015  Compensation for teachers who were unpaid for the first
month of the year will have to come from taxpayers, Opposition
education spokesperson Michelle O'Byrne, says...EDUCATION BUDGET Does spending favour private schools? The Mercury, 5 Mar 2015  Greens education spokesperson Nick McKim says the state
government has increased funding to private schools while cutting
back funding to government schools but education minister Jeremy
Rockliff says the same savings measures have been applied to both
sectors..
Non-government school funding increased but public school
funding slashed, Nick McKim, Greens Education
Spokesperson, 5 Mar 2015Training, 5 Mar 2015
Minister has to explain non-government schools increase,
Michelle O'Byrne, Opposition Education Spokesperson, 5 Mar 2015
Percentage increase in funding is 2.6% for government sector but 2.4%
for non-government sector, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for
Education and Training, 5 Mar 2015
If government school funding has increased, how come programs are
being slashed?, Nick McKim, Greens Education Spokesperson, 5 Mar
2015MY SCHOOL WEBSITE Updated My School data released ABC News, 5 Mar 2015  ACARA have published school performance and financial data for 2014 on the My School website...
My School website
My School 2015 [pdf], ACARA media release, 5 Mar 2015
Above-average gains by 15 Tas schools, ABC News, 5 mar 2015
Parents worry about My School accuracy, The Age, 5 Mar 2015
Future improvement at risk due to current cuts, Nick McKim,
Greens Education Spokesperson, 5 Mar 2015STUDENT SUPPORT Identifying Austism Spectrum Disorder The Conversation, 4 Mar 2015 Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder is based on behaviour, not blood or genetics... STATE OF THE STATE REPLY UTAS partnership would be expanded TasLabor website, 4 Mar 2015  Labor would expand the partnership between the government
and UTAS to ensure employers provide input into Tasmania's future
education system, Opposition leader Bryan Green said in his State of
the State reply speech...
Greens vision, Kim Booth, Greens leader, 4 Mar
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The Premier, Will Hodgman, outlined the government's plan
for education as part of his State of the State speech delivered in
Parliament today...
Parents will rally outside Parliament House today
(Tuesday) to oppose cuts in education programs and teacher numbers...
A Gallup poll shows that students'
enthusiasm for school declines year by year and an alarming
proportion of students lack hope for the future and believe they will not get a
good job...
NSW school attendance policy will now classify as
"unjustified" any student absences due to family holidays taken
during term time...
The government has postponed the
winding up of the Tasmanian Early Years Foundation, education
minister Jeremy Rockliff said today...
Metro says it will
consult all stakeholders to find a solution following complaints
that a bus from West Hobart to Taroona High is sometimes full before
it leaves Goulburn Street...
A forum held at the University of Tasmania and attended
by about 400 people has strongly supported speedy action to raise
education standards in Tasmania...
New Town High School will run a
game app design course in conjunction with app development company
Appster...
A teacher named at the Hobart hearing of the Royal
Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will
not be charged even though he has been found
living in New Zealand...
A reptile carer says that while people describe the
snake safety education work she does as "great" they also say it
does not fit into the curriculum...
State
Library of Tasmania (LINC) library card holders can now access a
huge range of commercial magazines online at no cost.
Scratch currently appears to be the most popular
free way to introduce coding (ie, programming) to young students.
This article by Robyn Collins sums up the relevant
literature on higher-order thinking and suggests how today's teachers
can enable their students to acquire such skills.