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TASMANIAN BUSHFIRES

Bushfires close schools
DoE website, 29 Jan 2019

Bushfire (Image: ABC News)The following schools have been closed due to the current bushfire situation:
Dot Collinsvale Primary
Dot Molesworth Primary
Dot Dover District
Dot Franklin Primary
Dot Geeveston Primary
Dot Glen Huon Primary
Dot Westerway Primary
The Geeveston wayraparattee Child and Family Centre and the Geeveston Libray are also closed.
Expected reopening times are on the DoE website
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Bushfire (Image: ABC News)STUDENT PERFORMANCE

Bushfires impact student performance
ABC News, 26 Jan 2019

Students in areas hit hard by bushfires suffer a long-lasting decline in academic performance, a Victorian study shows...

 

Industrial actionINDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 

Stop-work on first day
AEU (Tas.) media release, 23 Jan 2019

Teachers will hold half-hour stop-work meetings at their schools on the first day back for Term 1, the AEU says...
Bullet Negotiation meeting postponed until next week, Peter Gutwein, Treasurer, 24 Jan 2019

 

Gifted girl (Image: The Conversation, Shutterstock)STUDENT SUPPORT 

Teaching the gifted
The Conversation (opinion by John Munro), 22 Jan 2019

Teachers need to ensure they identify students who are gifted, understand how gifted students learn, and are aware of how students can be twice exceptional, an academic writes ...

 

SCHOOL STRUCTURE 

Split over classrooms
ABC News, 20 Jan 2019

Classroom split (Image: worldartsme.com)
Educators are divided over the merits of primary classes being split across different grades. However, the real issue appears to be the lack of long-term research on split classrooms...

 

Carrot (incentives) (Image: openclipart)TEACHING PROFESSION 

Unclear incentives better
The Conversation (opinion by Richard Holden), 18 Jan 2019
Employee incentives are sometimes better if left unspecified as specific incentives can produce perverse outcomes such as teachers modifying student test results, an economist writes...

 

Readers (Image: theconversation, Shutterstock)LITERACY 

Librarians improve literacy
The Conversation (opinion by Margaret Kristin Merga), 18 Jan 2019
Struggling readers can be helped by a variety of strategies that teacher librarians use, a researcher finds...

 

Theresa MayINTERNATIONAL NEWS

Brexit deal rejected
ABC News, 16 Jan 2019

The UK parliament has rejected PM Theresa May's Brexit deal, 432 votes to 202...

 

CURRICULUM 

More curriculum autonomy needed
The Conversation (opinion by Alison Willis), 10 Jan 2019

Australian CurriculumThe one-size-fits-all nature of national curriculums operates against the needs of rural and regional students, an academic says...

 

Supermarket drinks (Image: taslearn.com)FOOD POLITICS 

Consistent food messages needed
The Conversation (opinion by Jane Martin), 9 Jan 2019

Children and parents continue to come under pressure to consume manufactured products that have a high sugar content yet many students receive mixed health messages from their schools, an obesity expert writes...

 

FOOD EDUCATION 

More food in schools
The Conversation (opinion), 7 Jan 2019

VegiesThere needs to be a greater focus on food education across all levels in schools, three academics write. But at least they acknowledge that schools are being asked to take on many other responsibilities on behalf of society too..

 

Tanya PilbersekEDUCATION ELECTION POLICIES 

No low-score ATAR teachers
ABC News, 6 Jan 2019

A federal Labor government would place restrictions on students with low ATAR scores entering teacher training courses, federal Opposition education spokesperson Tanya Pilbersek says...

 

TeachersTEACHING PROFESSION 

Supporting new teachers
The Conversation (opinion), 3 Jan 2019

Three academics outline six ways new teachers can be encouraged to stay in the profession...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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