Gonski Report
Your School, Our Future

  Your School, Our Future website
(Australian Government's response to the Gonski Report)
Download the final Gonski Report [3.85MB]
Final report download page

Gonski Review of Funding for Schooling

Documents:

Download the Paper on Commissioned Research Aug. 2011

Research reports:

ACER (disadvantage)

Deloitte (existing models)

Allen (resource standard)

Nous (challenges and opportunities)

Federal education minister's statement
Press conference transcript

 School closures
INFORMATION

MEDIA RELEASE 10 Aug 2012: School transition Fund announced. For details of the arrangements, see School Transition Fund [pdf]

MEDIA RELEASE 3 Apr 2012: School Viability Report accepted (and no school to be identified for possible closure before June 2014, no actual closures before the end of 2015)

SCHOOL VIABILITY REPORT
- DoE School Viability Ministerial Report web page
- Download the report [pdf 3MB]

DOCUMENT: School Viability Reference Group: Discussion paper: Consultation on School Viability, Sep., 2011 [pdf]

LIST: Schools Considered for Closure [pdf]

CRITERIA: Criteria for closure are contained in Renewing Our Education System: School Closures Policy (Word doc). See also criteria research sources.

DETAILS: DoE School Viability Reference Group page. See also FAQ.

MEDIA: Facebook and ABC web pages.

- Save Our Schools Tasmania Facebook page
- Tasmanian Rural Schools Network Facebook page
See also our News for teachers column (at right), June Archive and July Archive.

STATE BUDGET: All State Budget details (Click "Media Room" then see under Minister.)

K-10

Last day of term 3 for students
Wed 21 Dec 2011

Last day of term 3 for staff
Thurs 22 Dec 2011

Christmas Day: Sun 25 Dec 2011

New Year's Day: Sun 1 Jan 2012

N, NW teachers return: Mon 13 Feb 2012
N, NW students return: Tues 14 Feb 2012

S teachers return: Tues 14 Feb 2012
S students return: Wed 15 Feb 2012
Dates for college students vary

 IMPACT OF COMPUTERS
ON TEACHING

Horizon Report
 

High-Wire Act:
Cyber-Safety and the Young

This report of the Federal Parliament's Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety identifies the vast range of issues involved in online safety for young people and makes a number of recommendations.
Download single chapters: see especially Schools and Teachers
Download full document (7MB)

 School closures
INFORMATION

LIST: Schools Considered for Closure (pdf)

CRITERIA: Criteria for closure are contained in Renewing Our Education System: School Closures Policy (Word doc). See also criteria research sources.

DETAILS: See FAQ. (No longer accessible: DoE school closures web page).

MEDIA: Facebook and ABC web pages.

- Save Our Schools Tasmania Facebook page
- Tasmanian Rural Schools Network Facebook page
See also our News for teachers column - June Archive and July Archive.

STATE BUDGET: All State Budget details (Click "Media Room" then see under Minister.)

Past special topics

National Recycling Week
8-14 Nov.

For more information see
Planet Ark

 

NAPLAN Summary Report 2010 [pdf, 2.3MB]

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