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Children with autism to gain funding boost 26 June 2008 The Minister for Families, Ms Jenny Macklin, has announced that the Australian Government will allocate $190 million over four years towards a Helping Children with Autism package. Read more here… Healthy eating for healthy living 20 June 2008 In a bid to promote healthy eating and healthy living, VicHealth, Victoria’s health promotion foundation, has called for food technology and physical education classes to be made compulsory for all students up to Year 10. Read more here… Teachers' Union needs to stop whingeing 17 June 2008 LEAVING biased and shrill arguments to one side, a few basic facts need to be understood about government funding of public and private schools. The latest available figures show that in 2005-06, the average recurrent government spending - state and federal combined - was $11,243 per state school student. The comparable figure per private student was $6268. Read The Australian editorial here… 16 June 2008 The Victorian Government has released its annual On Track destination data from Year 12 students in 2007. The On Track survey highlights the diversity of pathways young people pursue after leaving secondary school. Read more here… schools receive funding for computers 12 June 2008 The Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Ms Julia Gillard, announced on 12 June 2008 that 896 secondary schools across Australia would receive funding for 116, 820 new computers under the Rudd Government’s $1.2 billion Digital Education Revolution. Read more here… Teaching of english To be updated 10 June 2008 The Arts, English and Literacy Education Research Network Symposium was held on 7 June 2008, where academics and educators discussed the introduction of a national English curriculum. Read more here… itunes brings universities together 4 June 2008 Seven universities across Australia and New Zealand are trialling a partnership with Apple’s iTunes U, a ‘university’ section of the iTunes store that provides students with free lectures, language lessons and audiobooks direct to their iPod, iPhone and computers. Read more here… 2 June 2008 In a bid to tackle the ‘skills crisis’, the Victorian Government is planning to overhaul the current vocational education and training funding model. The Minister for Skills and Workforce Participation, Ms Jacinta Allan, hopes the overhaul will see ‘more people obtain higher qualifications’. Read more here…
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