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Social and Emotional Skills just as Important as Literacy and Numeracy 29 September 2008 The Age has reported that a study of approximately 11,000 primary and secondary school students has revealed that 40 per cent of the respondents have ‘poor’ social and emotional skills. Read more here... National Curriculum Board Tackles Science 27 September 2008 Following a forum earlier this year, The Australian has reported that in a bid to avoid boring students, the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA) has called for the science national curriculum to focus on the act of ‘doing science, rather than learning facts’. Read more here... New Legislation to Fun Non-Government Schools Introduced to Parliament 26 September 2008 This week in federal Parliament the Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, introduced two important pieces of legislation for independent schools across Australia. Read more here... National Youth Week 2009 Grants 23 September 2008 The Brumby Government is encouraging all young Victorians to organise and host National Youth Week events by applying for funding under the 2009 National Youth Week Grants. Read more here... AISV Congratulates Victorian Independent Schools on National Literacy and Numeracy Test Results 18 September 2008 The Association of Independent Schools of Victoria's Chief Executive, Ms Michelle Green, has congratulated independent schools for contributing to Victoria’s high attainment in the national literacy and numeracy test results released this week. Read more here... Victorian Government to Amend Victorian Institute of Teaching Powers 18 September 2008 The Victorian Minister for Education, Ms Bronwyn Pike, has announced that the Victorian Government intends to permit teachers who have committed a sexual offence to appeal against their de-registration by the Victorian Institute of Teaching. Read more here... National Secondary Schools Computer Fund to Assist Students with a Disability 18 September 2008 The Federal Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Ms Julia Gillard, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Mr Bill Shorten, have announced that schools that have students with a disability will have further funding flexibility under round two of the National Secondary Schools Computer Fund. Read more here... The National curriculum board announces appointment 10 September 2008 The National Curriculum Board has released the names of the people who have been selected to draft the ‘framing documents’ for the new national curriculum. Read more here... OECD releases the 2008 Education at a glance report 9 September 2008 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released the 2008 edition of its Education at a Glance report. The report provides comparative data for a range of indicators on the performance of education systems in OECD nations, and attempts to establish an international consensus on how to measure the state of education internationally. Read more here... let's raise the standard in the education debate 4 September 2008 The Association of Independent Schools of Victoria’s Chief Executive, Ms Michelle Green, has written to Melbourne’s newspapers and issued a media release pointing out that the distortion of facts cloud important debates about Australia’s education reform agenda. Read more here... 2 September 2008 As part of the Victorian Government’s Blueprint Education Reform for the next five years, parents are being urged to ‘become more involved in their children’s education’ in a bid lift Victorian school standards. Read more here...
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