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October 2009
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Survey of Non-Government School Parents 30 June 2009 The national survey of more than 1000 non-government school parents, conducted by the Australian Parents’ Council, has investigated parents’ attitudes to comparisons of the performance of their children’s school against like schools. Read more here… 25 June 2009 A performance audit of Australian Government funding for non-government schools has recommended that the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations improve its administration of non-government school general recurrent funding to better manage the risk of error. Read more here… New South Wales Legislation to Prevent the Publication of School Performance Information 19 June 2009 A New South Wales Government Bill to remove an existing ban on the publication of school performance information has been defeated by the Coalition and the Greens in the Upper House. Read more here… Education Minister Julia Gillard addresses the USA 19 June 2009 In an address in the United States of America, the Australian Government Minister for Education, The Hon Julia Gillard MP, has argued that previous education policies in Australia have ‘created an opaque, fragmented funding system and no clear national priorities for improvement, reform or accountability’. Read more here… ‘On Track’ Data Released for the Class of 2008 15 June 2009 The Victorian Government has released its annual On Track destination data, which tracks and highlights the diversity of pathways pursued by young people after leaving secondary school. Read more here… 13 June 2009 At a meeting in Hobart, the Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) adopted a new set of principles for reporting on school performance, which aims to ensure that publicly reported data ‘supports improving performance and school outcomes, is both locally and nationally relevant, and that it is timely, consistent and comparable’. Read more here… Report Calls for Additional Investment in Asian Languages 10 June 2009 Griffith University’s Asia Institute has released a report that has called for half of Australia’s population to be fluent in an Asian language by 2040. The Building an Asia-Literate Australia: An Australian Strategy for Asian Language Proficiency report has found that Australia is the third most monolingual country in the developed world, and that three-quarters of Australians are only able to speak English. Read more here… International Research Project for Student Assessment 9 June 2009 The Australian Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Ms Julia Gillard, has announced that Australia will participate in an international research project to develop assessment tools of key skills needed by graduating students in the modern economy. Read more here… Single Sex Schooling Cultivates Competitive Streak in Girls 8 June 2009 Research conducted by Australian National University (ANU) and Essex University has suggested that teenage girls who attend single-sex schools are more competitive than girls who attend coeducational schools. Read more here… Victorian School Performance Data to be Published on New State Register 4 June 2009 In an address at the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Minister for Education, Ms Bronwyn Pike, announced that the Victorian Government would shortly introduce a new online state register of schools, which would publish details of the performance of all Victorian schools in the one place. Read more here… Education Minister Launches Reports into School Bullying 1 June 2009 Ms Julia Gillard, the Australian Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, has launched two reports into the incidence of cyberbullying in Australian schools. Read more here… National Curriculum to be Extended to More Disciplines 1 June 2009 The Chairman of the National Curriculum Board, Professor Barry McGaw, has indicated that ‘it made sense’ to expand the scope of the national curriculum to include other key learning areas. Read more here…
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