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TASMANIAN POLITICS
Former Labor MP joins Liberal Ministry
Tas Govt media release, 28 Feb 2022
 Former Labor then Independent
then Liberal MP Madeleine Ogilvie has been elevated to the
Gutwein Liberal Ministry, becoming Minister for the portfolios
of Small Business, Women, Hospitality and Events, Disability
Services, and Racing.
TASMANIAN POLITICS
Another Minister resigns
ABC News, 25 Feb 2022
 Jane Howlett has resigned from the Tasmanian Cabinet
following the death of her brother.
WORLD SECURITY
WAR BEGINS: Putin announces
operation in Ukraine
CNN, 24 Feb 2022
 President Vladimir Putin has
announced that he is undertaking a military operation in the
Donbas region of Ukraine.
"Missiles
are targeting the capital", CNN, 24 Feb
2022
Putin is trying to rewrite Cold War history,
The Conversation (opinion), 24 Feb 2022
SPORT
Sport makes better citizens
The Conversation (opinion by Vaughan Cruickshank and Casey Peter
Mainsbridge), 23 Feb 2022
 Promoting student participation in sport leads to a
more civil and healthier society, two academics say.
WORLD SECURITY
Russian troops ordered to enter Ukraine
BBC News, 22 Feb 2022
Russia's President Vladimir
Putin has ordered his troops to enter two eastern
separatist-held regions of
Ukraine for "peacekeeping" purposes.
PALINDROMES
Today is Twosday
KTLA, 22 Feb 2022
Today,
Tuesday 22/2/22 or 22/02/2022, is a palindrome.
And if you type 22/2/22 into your Google search box, your
screen will be showered with confetti.
PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS
Consent education to be mandatory
The Conversation (opinion), 21 Feb 2022
 All
Australian schools will be required to teach consent education
from 2023.
PUBLIC VS PRIVATE
SCHOOLS
Private school benefit questioned
The Conversation (opinion by Sally Larsen and Alexander Forbes),
21 Feb 2022
 Study
of NAPLAN data with the effect of socioeconomic status removed
shows that a student receives no added academic benefit in
choosing a non-government school, two researchers say.
COVID CHECK-INS
Check-in
burden lightened
ABC News, 18 Feb 2022
 Use of the
Check In Tas app will no longer be required at schools, shops,
cafes, hospitals and aged care facilities from 6.00pm tonight.
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
History looms as election issue
The Conversation (opinion by Rebecca Cairns), 17 Feb 2022
 The delay in approving the
revised Australian Curriculum means the revised History
curriculum is at risk of becoming an issue in the forthcoming
federal election, an academic says.
COVID AND SCHOOLS
COVID in half of our
schools
The Mercury, 17 Feb 2022
 Students
carrying COVID-19 have been identified in half of Tasmania's
government schools, premier Peter Gutwein said today.
TASMANIAN POLITICS
Roger Jaensch new education minister
Tas Govt media release, 17 Feb 2022
 The modified Tasmanian
ministerial lineup announced today includes Roger Jaensch
as the new Minister for Education, Children and Youth.
EARLY LEARNING
More staffing
Tas Govt media release, 16 Feb 2022
 Tasmania's twelve Child and
Family Learning Centres will receive an average of three more
days of Centre Assistant staffing, acting education minister
Jeremy Rockliff has announced.
EQUALITY OF
OPPORTUNITY
Fix our unequal education system
The Conversation (opinion by Meera Varadharajan and Jack Noone), 16 Feb 2022
 Measures
such as sharing best practice successes would help to raise
Australia's education system from the bottom one-third of OECD
rankings in equality, two researchers say.
COVID AND SCHOOLS
Cautious return required
The Tasmanian Greens website, 15 Feb 2022
 With COVID outbreaks occurring
in seven schools, it is clear the return of students to the
classroom should have been more cautious, Greens leader Cassy
O'Connor says.
Classrooms now the best place for students,
Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Health, 15 Feb 2022
SEX EDUCATION
Don't ignore pleasure
The Conversation (opinion by Jennifer Power), 12 Feb 2022
Sex education lessons are more
effective if they specifically incorporate the pleasure
component, an exhaustive study by the University of Oxford says.
CORONAVIRUS AND
SCHOOLS
Tas schools hit by
COVID
ABC News, 11 Feb 2022
COVID outbreaks have occurred in
three Tasmanian non-government schools, one of which has been
named as the Hilliard Christian School.
TASMANIAN POLITICS
Courtney quits
ABC News, 10 Feb 2022
 Education minister Sarah Courtney has
announced she is leaving politics.
Premier's statement, 10 Feb 2022
STUDENT SUPPORT
Teach more resilience
Murdoch Children's Research Institute, 7 Feb 2022
A variety of
clinicians
are calling for teachers to take on a greater role in countering
mental health problems in children and for more extra-curricular
activities to be taught in schools.
COVID AND SCHOOLS
So many school COVID questions
TasLabor website, 7 Feb 2022
 The government needs to say whether
relief teachers will receive COVID sick leave, and answer many
more school COVID questions, Opposition education spokesperson Josh Willie
says.
Yes, relief teachers will get COVID sick leave,
Jeremy Rockliff, Acting education minister, 7 Feb 2022
TEACHING PROFESSION
Toxic positivity harming teachers
The
Conversation (opinion by Saul Karnovsky and Brad Gobby), 7 Feb 2022
Teachers will suffer to the point of leaving the profession from
having to be positive in the face of COVID-related stresses on
top of coping with other pressures, two education academics say
LITERACY
Literacy consultation paper issued
Tas
Govt media release, 4 Feb 2022
 Community-wide consultation over
literacy in Tasmania is being sought, premier Peter Gutwein has
announced.
Literacy
consultation details (DPAC website)
Consultation paper download page (DPAC website)
LITERACY AND NUMERACY
NAPLAN reveals poor performance
ABC
News, 1 Feb 2022
 A substantial proportion of
students fail to improve in literacy and numeracy as they
progress through school in Tasmania, researcher Lisa Denny says.
Evidence-based resources needed,
Josh Willie, Opposition education spokesperson, 31 Jan 2022
Quality guarantees and disadvantaged area investments needed,
Cassy O'Connor, Greens education spokesperson, 31 Jan 2022
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