ALTERNATIVE BUDGET
Greens present fully costed
Alternative Budget
Tas Greens website, 31 May 2016
Greens leader Cassy O'Connor has presented the
Greens'
Alternative Budget [pdf] containing more than 100 costed
initiatives, including: - reinstating Pathway Planners -
restoring teacher numbers to "pre-Hodgman levels" - spending
$6.6m over four years on student support - delivering
statewide the Safe Schools program which supports LGBTI students - covering
$8.6m of "lost TasTAFE funding" over four years - supporting
the provision of tertiary and vocational
skills in renewable energy generation and landscape restoration - providing
grants to schools to establish or expand school food gardens
- investigating a backup fibre
optic cable to Tasmania - extending pedestrian and bicycle
infrastructure - restricting high-sugar foods and drinks in
schools and other public venues -.building
resilience in young people to reduce suicide ...
Greens' Alternative Budget 2016-17
[pdf]
BUDGET
REPLY
Labor promises public service
review
TasLabor website, 31 May 2016
Opposition leader Bryan Green said in today's budget
reply speech that Labor would approach the need to fund the
public service efficiently by undertaking a root and branch
review, abolishing the Coordinator-General's office, the Red
Tape Reduction Coordinator and Infrastructure Tasmania, and
ending duplication and expensive outsourcing...
BUDGET
REPLY
Labor promises to restore teacher
numbers
TasLabor website, 31 May 2016
Opposition education
spokesperson Michelle O'Byrne says a re-elected Labor government
would: - restore teacher numbers to "pre-Hodgman levels" -
put Pathway Planners back in schools - give special attention
to the education
pathway from kindergarten to work - enhance ICT
infrastructure to support shared learning - enrol students in
their Year 12 college or high school before they actually
commence high school - add two more Child and Family Centres...
Free bus transport to and
from local schools, Craig Farrell, Opposition transport
spokesperson, 31 May 2016
SCHOOL
DATA
School data released today
Tas Govt media release, 31 May 2016
The office of TASC has released
data showing Tasmanian Year 12 student attainment by school and
the movement of students between Year 10 and Year 12...
TASC data for individual schools (released 2pm, 31 May 2016)
Office of Tasmanian
Assessment, Standards and Certification website
BUDGET
REPLY
Labor plan: no more urban
extensions
The Mercury, 29 May 2016
A Labor government would suspend the extension of
urban high schools to Years 11 and 12, ease the extension in
regional areas, and ensure all students are enrolled up to Year
12, under a plan to be revealed in Tuesday's budget reply
speech by Opposition leader Bryan Green...
Extension success figures
speak for themselves, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for
Education and Training, 29 May 2016
Extensions evaluation needed; pathway planners would be rehired,
ABC News, 29 May 2016
Halt urban rollout but continue regional extensions,
Michelle O'Byrne, Opposition education spokesperson, 30 May 2016
TMAG
Sensible TMAG hours reversal
The Mercury, 29 May 2016
The Tasmanian Museum and Art
Gallery will partially reverse its extraordinary decision to
close on Mondays, with the museum planning to open on Mondays
during the peak tourist season and on Monday public holidays
(but no mention of Mondays during school holidays)...
TMAG opening hours
changes, Vanessa Goodwin, Minister for the
Arts, 29 May 2016
TMAG needs to be open seven days a week for the whole year, says
Lara Giddings, ABC News, 29 May 2016
Open on
Mondays during school holidays, Lara Giddings, Opposition
arts spokesperson, 30 May 2016
TASMANIAN BUDGET
2016-17 Budget delivered
Tas Govt, 26 May 2016
The Treasurer,
Peter Gutwein, has delivered the
State Budget for 2016-17...
Budget fact sheets
Education fact sheet
Investment in education
and training, Tas Govt media release, 26 May 2016
Investment in school
infrastructure, Tas Govt media release, 26 May 2016
Funds for literacy,
numeracy and anti-bullying programs, The Mercury, 26 May 2016
Surplus 'built on the back' of frontline workers, ABC News,
26 May 2016
Still 130 fewer teachers, Cassy O'Connor, Greens Leader, 26
May 2016
What people are saying about the Budget, Tas Govt media
release, 27 May 2016
Hidden public service job cuts agenda, says Bryan Green, ALP
media release, 27 May 2016
No new job cuts in Budget, says Peter Gutwein, Tas Govt
media release, 28 May 2016
Moody's says public service job cuts are suggested by Budget,
Bryan Green, Opposition leader, 28 May 2016
TASMANIAN TEACHERS
Award for Queechy teachers
The Examiner, 26 May 2016
Five STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Maths) teachers at Quechy High School have won
the inaugural public education award for secondary STEM
teaching...
FEDERAL
ELECTION
Coalition's education agenda
unclear
The Conversation (opinion by Glenn C. Savage), 24 May 2016
On
the one hand, the Prime Minister floated the idea of abandoning
any federal responsibility for state government school funding,
yet on the other hand the Feds have issued policies that would
micromanage the work of schools...
FEDERAL
ELECTION
Performance pay's damaging
effects
The Conversation (opinion by Deborah M. Netolicky), 23 May 2016
The federal government's reform to link pay to teacher
performance has no research evidence to support it, has no
reliable measures and will have negative effects on the way
teachers teach, a researcher and teacher argues...
TASMANIAN BUDGET
Record spending on school
upgrades
Tas Govt media release, 22 May 2016
A record $113 million will be spent on school and
TAFE upgrades in the State Budget to be brought down on Thursday
this week, the Treasurer, Peter Gutwein, says..
EXTENSION TO YEARS 11 AND 12
Year 11-12 questions
The Mercury, 22 May 2016
Support is split for the plan
to allow high schools to extend to Years 11 and 12 in urban
areas..
STATE
BUDGET
Upgrade for Glenorchy Primary
Tas Govt media release, 20 May 2016
The tender for $4 million worth
of capital works at Glenorchy Primary School has been awarded,
the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Elise Archer, said today..
COMPUTER SECURITY
LinkedIn passwords stolen
Aust Govt DCA website, 19 May 2016
Following the theft of
passwords and other personal data, over 100 million LinkedIn
users are advised to change their passwords immediately..
STUDENT
HEALTH & FITNESS
Walk Safely to School tomorrow
Tas Govt media release, 19 May 2016
Tomorrow (Friday) is Walk
Safely to School Day, acting education minister Vanessa Goodwin
reminds us..
Walk Safely to School Day website
EDUCATION STAFF
Know any excellent colleagues?
Tas Govt media release, 18 May 2016
Nominations for the RBF DoE
Awards for Excellence are open until Sunday 5 June 2016..
STATE
BUDGET
Lenah Valley Primary gains from
Budget
Tas Govt media release, 16 May 2016
Lenah Valley Primary School is
to receive $3 million for capital works in Tasmania's upcoming
State Budget, education minister Jeremy Rockliff said today..
FEDERAL
ELECTION
Gonski money needed for fairness
The Mercury, 16 May 2016
Data showing that funding for Tasmanian government
schools has increased at a slower rate than funding for private
schools is all the more reason to ensure that Gonski funding
continues, the AEU says...
More funds going into
advantaged sector, The Examiner, 16 May 2016
EDUCATIONAL
PERFORMANCE
New measure of school success
SMH, 15 May 2016
The NSW Department of Education is working on a new
measure of school performance that is more sophisticated than a
simple reliance on NAPLAN results....
PRINCIPAL WELFARE
Stress recognised in principal's
death
ABC News, 14 May 2016
Work-related
stress was accepted by Victoria's WorkCover as having
contributed to the suicide of a principal whose routine handling
of a parent's complaint had been taken out of his hands by the
administration above him...
SCHOOL
STARTING AGE
Earlier start will reap benefits
The Mercury (opinion), 14 May 2016
Lowering the school starting age will reduce disadvantage and
raise educational attainment, education minister Jeremy Rockliff
says...
FEDERAL
ELECTION
$400m for STEM teachers
SMH, 13 May 2016
Labor has promised to spend
$400 million to ensure teachers of maths, science and other STEM
subjects are qualified to teach in those areas...
Creating more STEM
teachers is not that simple, The Conversation (opinion by Shaun
Belward), 20 May 2016
FEDERAL
ELECTION
Support for country classrooms
ALP website, 12 May 2016
Labor says it will spend $1.8
billion in regional and country schools during 2018 and 2019...
A Fair Go for Regional and Country Students, ALP policy
statement
TOILET POLICY
US schools told to respect gender
identity
BBC News, 13 May 2016
Schools have been told by the Obama administration to
let transgender students use whichever toilet matches the gender
they identify with...
TEACHING PROFESSION
Teacher jailed
ABC News, 12 May 2016
A Tasmanian teacher has been jailed for having sex
with three schoolboys aged 15 and 16 years...
Jail the only appropriate
sentence, The Mercury, 12 May 2016
EDUCATION REFORM
Designing their own learning
The Conversation (opinion by Megan O'Connell and Bill
Lucas), 11 May 2016
Schools should seize opportunities to enable young students to
pursue their interests, tailor their own curriculum, work at their
own pace and enhance their capabilities, two reformers argue...
STATE
BUDGET
Riverside Primary gets State Budget taste
The Examiner, 10 May 2016
Riverside Primary
School will receive $2.5 million in capital works from the State
Budget to be handed down on Thursday 26 May..
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
Finnish success explained
The Mercury (opinion by Leena Lavonius), 10 May 2016
The distinguishing factor that
gives the Finnish education system the edge is that it is a
public education system where students are unable to buy their
way into particular schools, a Mercury journalist with
experience of the system writes...
Too late to change our
system [pdf], The Mercury (letter by Jean
Walker), 12 May 2016
FEDERAL
ELECTION
$60m more for Tasmania
ABC News, 10 May 2016
A Labor
government would inject $60 million more in education funds than the Coalition into Tasmania in 2018 and 2019, Opposition
leader Bill Shorten says...
Seat-by-seat breakdown, ABC News, 10 May 2016
Promise of funding boost by Plibersek,
The Advocate, 11 May 2016
NAPLAN
Non-pen NAPLAN testing looms
ABC News, 10 May 2016
With the transition to online NAPLAN testing to
commence in 2017, about 10 per cent of students will be doing
this week's NAPLAN tests with pens (or pencils) for the last time...
Tassie's top NAPLAN
students recognised, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for
Education and Training, 9 May 2016
YEARS
11 AND 12
Call for review of colleges
The Mercury (opinion by Gail Dennett, Eleanor Ramsay,
Bill Mulford and Michael Rowan), 9 May 2016
Four senior
academics have called for a public review of the role of
Tasmania's secondary colleges, and in particular their
relationship with high schools...
FEDERAL
ELECTION
Election 2 July
ABC News 24, 8 May 2016
An election
will be held on Saturday 2 July
following today's agreement by the
Governor-General to the Prime Minister's request for a double
dissolution of Federal Parliament...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
$28m in school infrastructure
under way
Tas Govt media release, 5 May 2016
School construction projects
involving at least nine tenders worth $28 million
have commenced, education minister Jeremy Rockliff says...
FEDERAL
BUDGET
Budget's Gonski failure
Tas Greens media release, 4 May 2016
The 2016 Budget has failed to deliver funding for the
crucial years 5 and 6 of the needs-based Gonski reforms, Greens
education spokesperson Andrea Dawkins says..
FEDERAL
BUDGET
Temporary solutions but issues
ahead
The Conversation (opinion by Stewart Riddle), 4 May 2016
The 2016 Budget's major education proposals are
likely to cause problems if they are implemented, based on
overseas experience and the need to rely on the states playing
their part..
FEDERAL
BUDGET
Experts react
The Conversation (opinion), 4 May 2016
Experts give their views on major education
components of the 2016 Federal Budget:
The extra
"needs-based" funding of $1.2 billion: Well short of
Labor's promise.
Linking teachers' pay to performance:
It won't work.
Increased federal government
involvement in setting school targets and explicit. requirements
Early
learning changes delayed.
Higher education changes deferred.
:..
FEDERAL
BUDGET
Budget: Investing in education
Aust Govt media release, 3 May 2016
The 2016 Federal Budget's education focuses include:
- improving student outcomes in literacy, numeracy and STEM
subjects - teacher quality - support for students with a
disability...
Other Budget media
releases include:
Jobs for young people
A new tax plan
Superannuation changes
See also:
Federal Government Budget
website
Fact sheets See
particularly: -
Personal income tax [pdf] -
Superannuation system [pdf] -
Defined benefits scheme changes [pdf] -
Women and super [pdf] -
Catch-up concessional
contributions [pdf] -
Spouse tax offset [pdf] -
Limiting non-concessional
contributions to $500,000 [pdf]
EXTENSION TO YEARS 11 AND 12
Extension retention
Tas Govt media release, 3 May 2016
Enrolments
at the first 12 high schools extended to Years 11 and 12
increased by 57 per cent over the two-year period 2014 to 2016,
education minister Jeremy Rockliff says...
Big jump in enrolments, The Mercury, 3 May 2016
High school enrolments on the rise since Year 12 extensions,
ABC News, 4 May 2016
LITERACY
Premier's Reading Challenge looms
Tas Govt media release, 3 May 2016
This year's Premier's Reading
Challenge runs from Tuesday 14 June to Tuesday 23 August...
Interest rate cut to
1.75%
(ABC News, 3 May 2016)
WILD
WEATHER
Power outages close schools
The Advocate, 3 May 2016
The following North West schools
are closed today (Tuesday 3 May) due to power outages:
Romaine Park
Primary (Burnie)
Leighlands
Christian School (Burnie and Ulverstone)
Sacred Heart
Primary (Ulverstone)
St Brendan Shaw
(Devonport)...
FEDERAL
ELECTION POLICIES
AEU: Gonski abandoned
ABC News, 1 May 2016
Australian Education Union
federal president Correna Haythorpe says the Coalition's $1.2
billion education policy does not extend the currently
successful needs-based Gonski program...
Full Gonski implementation is what is needed, says Tas AEU,
The Mercury, 1 May 2016
Cuts would hit strugglers, says mum, The Mercury, 2 May 2016
FEDERAL
ELECTION POLICIES
Pay advances tied to performance
The Mercury, 1 May 2016
Movement
up the pay scale would be tied to teachers' performance, under
the Federal Government's $1.2 billion education funding package...
Student performance
targeted in looming election battle, ABC News, 1 May 2016
Quality reforms, PM Malcolm Turnbull and education minister
Simon Birmingham, 1 May 2016
"Cash for grades" is blaming teachers, Michelle O'Byrne,
Opposition education spokesperson, 2 May 2016
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