FEDERAL POLTIICS
George Christensen resigns as NP
Chief Whip
ABC News, 28 Feb 2017
The National Party's George
Christensen has resigned as Chief Whip in what is
regarded as a further step to free himself from the need to
adhere to party discipline...
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Timing second language learning
The Conversation (opinion by Warren Midgley), 28 Feb 2017
Early
childhood is the best time to start learning a second language
if the learner is being immersed in it, but late primary is just
as good for traditional lessons and adulthood is the best time
for self-directed learning, a linguistics academic writes ...
STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Preparing elite athletes in more
ways than one
The Conversation (opinion by Andrew Martin), 27 Feb 2017
To reduce the
incidence of mental illness and erratic behaviour when elite
athletes eventually leave professional sport, promising child
super-athletes need to build their identity on multiple
foundations, an educational psychologist writes...
TASMANIAN PEOPLE
Max Angus dies
ABC News, 25 Feb 2017
Tasmanian landscape and portrait artist Max Angus has died at
the age of 102...
DRONE EDUCATION
Drone lessons
ABC News, 24 Feb 2017
Year 11 and 12 students at a Newcastle college are
learning how to fly drones in an HSC Certificate III in Aviation
course...
HEALTH
AND WELLBEING
Teens and teachers would benefit
from later start times
The Conversation (opinion by James Williams), 24 Feb 2017
Teenagers are a different kind
of human being when it comes to their sleep needs, a science
education lecturer argues...
WAGES POLICY
$5.6 million dollar man resigns
ABC News, 23 Feb 2017
Australia Post CEO Ahmed Fahour,
who was recently in the spotlight over his $5.6 million dollar
pay packet, has resigned...
WAGES POLICY
Sunday penalty rates cut
ABC News, 23 Feb 2017
The Fair Work Commission has
reduced Sunday penalty rates for much of the
hospitality, retail and fast food industries...
TOILET POLICY
Trump reverses school transgender
toilet policy
ABC News, 23 Feb 2017
President Trump's officials have advised schools that
they will reverse President Obama's instruction that transgender students
should be allowed to use whichever toilet matches their gender
identity...
ASTRONOMY
Is there life on these other planets?
The Conversation (report by Jonti Horner), 23 Feb 2017
Seven Earth-sized planets with possible water
and therefore life have been discovered less than 40 light years
away...
But there could be closer life on moons
of Jupiter and Saturn, The Conversation (opinion by Andrew
Martin and Andrew McMinn), 24 Feb 2017
BULLYING
Register now for anti-bullying day
Tas Govt media release, 22 Feb 2017
Tasmanian schools can register now to participate in
the National Day of
Action Against Bullying and Violence to be held on Friday 17
March 2017, education minister
Jeremy Rockliff says...
Bullying No Way! website
RISK
The risk of death in things you do
The Conversation (opinion by Hassan Vally) , 22 Feb 2017
We often do not realise how
small or how large the risks are in the various activities we
undertake, or avoid undertaking, an epidemiology lecturer writes...
NSW
CURRICULUM
Year 12 syllabus overhaul
ABC News, 21 Feb 2017
An overhaul of the NSW Year 12
syllabus features, in very general terms, a deeper understanding
of a narrower range of topics...
NSW syllabus will focus on complex topics, ABC News, 21 Feb
2017
Year 12 spelling and grammar emphasis, news.com.au, 21 Feb
2017
Physics syllabus changes, The Conversation, 22 Feb 2017
No mandatory novels or poetry in English syllabus, The
Conversation, 22 Feb 2017
Mon 20 Feb
2017 7.30pm ABC 3 (Ch. 23)
Sun 26 Feb
2017 6.30pm ABC (Ch. 2)
Also
available on
iview
My Year 12 Life
A group of Australian students self-document their Year 12
journey
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EXTENSION TO
YEARS 11 AND 12
Campbell Town an extension showcase
Tas Govt media release, 20 Feb 2017
The federal and
Tasmanian education ministers reviewed progress in the extension
to Years 11 and 12 at Campbell Town District High School today, prior to
the National Education Council meeting in April where education
funding will be discussed in detail...
Doorstop interview,
Campbell Town, Simon Birmingham, Federal Minister
for Education and Training, 20 Feb 2017
Rockliff should have pressed Birmingham on Gonski money,
Michelle O'Byrne, Labor education spokesperson, 22 Feb 2017
STUDENT SUPPORT
ADHD genuine after all
The Conversation (opinion by Alison Poulton), 20 Feb 2017
As brain scans show that
attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) is a real brain disorder, we need a more
sophisticated definition, a paediatrics lecturer writes...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Dyslexia school
stuff.co.nz, 19 Feb 2017
New Zealand's unique Summit Point
School specialises in students with
dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties, and uses
supporting tools such as whiteboard desks...
SCHOOL STARTING AGE
KPMG wins starting age impact tender
Tas Govt media release, 17 Feb 2017
Accounting firm KPMG has been
awarded the state government tender to investigate the impact on
the early childhood and childcare sector of changing the school
starting age to a voluntary lower level...
KPMG to investigate lower
starting age, The Examiner, 17 Feb 2017
STAFF HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Action needed for bullied principals
The Examiner, 17 Feb 2017
Tasmania's principals are being
subjected to high bullying and burnout rates, the Tasmanian
Principals Association says...
SPORT
Dan Marsh sacked
cricket.com, 16 Feb 2017
Coach of the Tasmanian Tigers
cricket team Dan Marsh has been sacked following disappointing
performances by the team...
LITERACY
Hawks support Premier's Reading Challenge
Tas Govt media release, 16 Feb 2017
The Premier's Reading
Challenge runs for ten weeks from Tuesday 13 June
and this year will have the support of the
Hawthorn Football Club...
Premier's Reading
Challenge website
HEALTH AND FITNESS
Sitting not that harmful after all
The Conversation (opinion by Emmanuel Stamatakis),
16 Feb 2017
Sitting at work is itself not
as harmful as previously believed, so long as a person
undertakes adequate exercise, research shows...
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Probe into CFCs
The Examiner, 15 Feb 2017
The Legislative Council will
conduct an investigation into the funding and future of
Tasmania's 12 Child and Family Centres...
LITERACY AND NUMERACY
Middle Years groupings for literacy and numeracy
Tas Govt media release, 15 Feb 2017
Four groups of
"associated" schools will each receive $157,000 from the state
government's Middle Years Project to promote the teaching of
literacy and numeracy. The groups centre on: - Deloraine High
- Kings Meadows High - Huonville High - Smithton High...
Kings Meadows Middle
Years Project launch, The Examiner, 15 Feb 2017
ALTERNATIVE FACTS
Disengaged students and alternative programs
The Conversation (opinion by Helen Stokes and
Malcolm Turnbull), 14 Feb 2017
Although alternative education
programs have many potential benefits they do have downsides and
mainstream schools need to take more responsibility for the
education of disengaged students, two academics write...
STUDENT
SAFETY
School weather closure policy roundup
ABC News, 11 Feb 2017
The heatwave hitting the Mainland has prompted
the ABC to prepare a state-by-state summary of the various
education department policies on when students should be sent
home or schools closed during
adverse weather conditions...
National heatwave policy
for schools suggested, The Conversation (opinion by Brendon
Hyndman), 23 Feb 2017
STUDENT
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Health Initiative schools named
Tas Govt media release, 10 Feb 2017
Education minister Jeremy Rockliff has named the 47
schools that have successfully applied to participate in the
state government's Student Health Initiative program.
The next round of applications opens in mid-September...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Brazilian students fly to Launceston
The Examiner, 10 Feb 2017
Thirty Brazilian students are being hosted by
Launceston College and Newstead College....
STUDENT HEALTH
Five new nurses this year
Tas Govt media release, 10 Feb 2017
As
announced in October 2016 five
additional school nurses commence this year, bringing the total
to 20 nurses serving 81 schools, education minister Jeremy
Rockliff says...
EXTENSION TO YEARS 11 AND 12
Ulverstone Year 11-12 extension under way
Tas Govt media release, 9 Feb 2017
More than fifty
Ulverstone High School students have the opportunity to continue
to Years 11 and 12 at their existing school this year, education
minister Jeremy Rockliff said ...
STUDENT DISCIPLINE
Teachers trial bodycams
The Guardian (UK), 8 Feb 2017
Teachers in two British schools will trial the use of
bodycams to record specific instances of misbehaviour by
students...
BEHAVIOUR
Another Council suspended
ABC News, 8 Feb 2017
Local government minister
Peter Gutwein has suspended the
Glenorchy City Council for six months, appointing retired
Legislative Council president Sue Smith as commissioner...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Students return to school
Tas Govt media release, 8 Feb 2017
Approximately 61,925 students
returned to 196 government schools
today, education minister Jeremy Rockliff pointing out that 30
of the 54 high and district high schools have already been
extended to Year 12...
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Update the Asian curriculum
The Conversation (opinion by Fazal Rizvi), 8 Feb
2017
With 17 per cent of Australians
having an Asian background, and
with economic and social ties with Asian countries going from
strength to strength, the Asian curriculum taught in schools now
needs to be far more sophisticated, an academic writes...
INTERCULTURAL
UNDERSTANDING
Muslim mum's Tassie start
ABC News, 7 Feb 2017
A Muslim mother from Pakistan
says that although her son's
Tasmanian primary school worked to accommodate her culture and
faith it was a challenge when alternatives had to be found for
activities related to Christmas...
FEDERAL POLITICS
Bernardi split confirmed
ABC News, 7 Feb 2017
(UPDATED)
Senator Cory Bernardi confirmed
to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull this morning that he will
quit the Liberal Party...
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Who won early childhood audit tender?
TasLabor website, 5 Feb 2017
The state government has missed
its 1 February deadline to announce the successful tender to
conduct an audit of the impact on the early childhood and child care sector
of lowering the school starting age, Opposition
education spokesperson Michelle O'Byrne says...
Emphasis should be on
more rural and regional Child and Family Centres, Andrea Dawkins, Greens education
spokesperson, 5 Feb 2017
EXTENSION TO YEARS 11 AND 12
Extension joy
Tas Govt media release, 5 Feb 2017
Education minister Jeremy
Rockliff is celebrating that an
additional 18 schools will be offering Years 11 and 12 this year
and that Year 11-12 retention rates rose from 70.1 to 73.8 per
cent between 2014 and 2015...
Lists of schools extending, DoE Blogspot
Retention rise but State
government spending fall, says Productivity Commission, The Examiner, 3 Feb 2017
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Trump trumped over entry ban
ABC News, 4 Feb 2017
A US federal judge has
granted a temporary restraining
order that blocks President Donald Trump's ban on people
entering the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
UPDATE 5 Feb 2017: Trump's Justice Department
has lodged an appeal against the restraining order...
SOCIAL
MEDIA AND TEACHERS
Tweeting teacher's torment
Wordpress blog, 3 Feb 2017
UK
teacher Jackie Teale was astonished at the verbal attacks she
received after tweeting that she had attended an anti-Trump
protest with a banner made by her students...
FEDERAL POLITICS
Senator's election was invalid
ABC News, 3 Feb 2017
The High Court of Australia has ruled that the
election of former One Nation senator Rod Culleton was invalid
even though his conviction at election time had been later
annulled...
EDUCATION SYSTEM
Why our schools aren't improving
The Conversation (opinion by Tom Bentley and Glenn
C. Savage), 2 Feb 2017
Although there have been many
education reforms in Australia over the last decade, there has
been little improvement in educational performance,
two academics write...
Telstra outage
ABC News, 2 Feb 2017 Updated
6.19pm
Many phones and internet connections in Tasmania (and
other states) were unavailable this afternoon due to a fire in
Telstra's Chatswood facilities.
RECESS
POLICY
Recess
guidelines
npr.org, 1 Feb 2017
Nineteen evidence-based strategies to help educators
give students the best recess break possible have been provided
by the US's
Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE)...
REFUGEES
Refugee deal uncertainty denied
ABC News, 1 Feb 2017
Although a deal for the US to
take Manus Island refugees
had earlier been confirmed in a telephone conversation between
Prime Minister Turnbull and President Trump, the White House
today appeared to make it clear the deal is not yet finalised.
However, Mr Turnbull has said he received a personal assurance from Donald
Trump that the deal would go ahead..
Trump labelled deal "the
worst deal ever" and shortened the phone call, ABC News, 2 Feb 2017
"Dumb" refugee deal, says Trump, ABC News, 2 Feb 2017
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