eUpdate - 2017

Education Update 294
7 December 2017

Calls for minister to resign….

Labor scores own goal….

SA reading abilities worst in the nation….

TAFE report another government crisis….

Rescue rashie….

Bad apples tossed from schools

Push for compulsory suicide prevention training….

 

Education Update 293
24 November 2017

School funding chaos as minister won’t sign….

School’s out….

SA private schools get $100 million boost….

Principal pleads for cutback in skills, increase in knowledge….

P-plate fatalities quadruple….

How to keep kids safe at school….

Australia’s problem-solvers….

 

Education Update 292
17 November 2017

Schools program could spare women years of endo pain….

Government closing child mental health service….

Radical gender course to be axed….

Talk to kids about same sex marriage result….

Literacy grants….

Needs of high achievers not met….

Reforming teachers….

 

Education Update 291
10 November 2017

On the spot parent fines….

Premier’s radical childcare….

Gonski 2.0: curricula dumbed down….

Early success for literacy program….

Sleep and preschoolers….

Grades link to self-harm in adults….

Students need scientists in classroom….

 

Education Update 290
2 November 2017

Parents fight big fines for truancy….

STEM push has failed….

Schools splurge but cash stashed….

Childcare costs: Government says reform will fix broken system….

Indigenous struggling in maths….

Australian children’s word of the year….

Teaching academy to boost SA….

 

Education Update 289
27 October 2017

Education bill gives government control of Governing Councils….

SAASSO survey: forced enrolments….

Do it in a dress day….

Worst bullies would be forced to move schools….

Enrolments frozen at another school….

102,000 South Australians need food donations….

 

 

 

Education Update 288
22 September 2017

Bullying must be punished….

Wear a dress day….

National test needed in year two….

Mental health group join yes campaign….

Schools deserve best leaders….

Male teachers tipped to vanish….

Australians pay more for education….

 

Education Update 287
15 September 2017

Teach kids their rights….

SAASSO survey: bullying law….

105 incidents reported of attacks on students….

Parents of victim want bullies behind bars….

Anti-Bully laws by next year….

Thousands face no jab pain….

Principals bullied by bosses….

 

Education Update 286
16 August 2017

No fight fund for parents….

SAASSO survey: forced marriage….

Teacher burnout bonus disturbing….

Reduce rents to bring down childcare fees….

Education official barred….

Sanitary item vending machine….

Teachers want training on sex….

 

Education Update 285
10 August 2017

Bell tolls on carol policy….

Families spend twice as much for childcare as they do for food….

Editorial: Schools need less meddling more learning….

NAPLAN shows alarming decline in reading and writing….

Children must play team sport….

Cancer protection in August….

Help for parents….

 

Education Update 284
3 August 2017

Almost 180 SA teachers accept $50,000 burnout bonus….

SAASSO Survey: Christmas carols….

Liberals would review SACE to boost languages….

Inquiry wants schools to teach about forced marriage….

Teachers need transgender training….

Parent complaints up 28%….

 

 

Education Update 283
22 June 2017

Parents want minimum age for student gender transition….

Half of teens same sex attracted….

Kids in care skipping NAPLAN….

How much screen time is too much….

Make politics compulsory….

School maintenance backlog….

The cost of not finishing school….

 

Education Update 282
16 June 2017

Uniform view: parents want school dresses gone….

SAASSO survey: transgender policy….

Thousands of child abuse reports go unchecked….

Gonski deal hinges on watchdog….

Minecraft goes to school….

Devastating impact of bullying….

Leaving school means no study….

 

Education Update 281
9 June 2017

Shutting down the cyberbullies….

8 year-olds to learn about suicide….

Port Lincoln shows the way in immunisation….

Labor questions funding shortfall….

When will we learn….

High school kids mentor primary….

Improving sleep in ADHD children….

 

 

Education Update 280
2 June 2017

Liberals launch literacy guarantee….

VET helping close Indigenous gap….

Public parents back Turnbull’s fair education reforms….

Teacher judgment key to cash….

Financial literacy decline….

OSHC essential for refugees….

SA students multiple suspensions….

 

Education Update 279
26 May 2017

SAASSO Education Update 279 - May 26 2017

Gonski 2.0 standoff….

SAASSO survey school uniforms….

Weatherill Government to fund revamped Safe Schools….

Editorial: better education is not about more cash….

Fidget spinners disrupt class….

Kids outgrow food allergies….

 

 

Education Update 278
13 April 2017

SAASSO Education Update 278 - April 13 2017

No evidence of homophobic bullying….

Autism dog banned from school….

Obesity shaped by burgers for boys, single parents for girls….

Autistic boy’s options limited….

Historic year 7 intake….

Parents better on speech….

 

 

Education Update 277
5 April 2017

SAASSO Education Update 277 - April 5 2017

Parent petition forces public meeting….

Asbestos widespread in schools….

Students skip lifesaving vaccines….

Teacher data collection policy flagged….

Deaf ear turned to acoustics….

Role of school psychologists…

Why do schools want uniforms….

 

Education Update 276
31 March 2017

SAASSO Education Update 276 - March 29 2017

Parents slam teacher burnout bonus….

What new childcare means for you….

Adelaide’s public enrolment squeeze….

Fewer females studying economics….

What languages should kids learn….

SAASSO surveys….

Students becoming disengaged….

 

Education Update 275
22 March 2017

SAASSO Education Update 275 - March 22 2017

Fines skip over truancy issues….

SAASSO survey – education….

Bilingual schools cost $35m as others miss out….

Childcare too expensive for parents ….

Primary school introduces zones….

I don’t want to be teased….

Children prefer paper to screens….

 

Education Update 274
17 March 2017

SAASSO Education Update 274 - March 17 2017

A 5th of Year 4 students bullied each week….

10% of students fail….

Calling teachers by first name….

Childcare shortages caused by cheap land….

Emojis part of NAPLAN….

Vaccination ban….

Vaccination Autism myth lingers….

 

Education Update 273
9 March 2017

SAASSO Education Update 273 - March 9 2017

Gender stereotypes not smart….

SAASSO truancy survey….

$367,000 for new education spin doctor….

Lawyers: new child protection bill fatally flawed….

$13.2 million to create new department….

Homework is a failure: expert….

SA childcare workers strike….

 

Education Update 271
15 February 2017

SAASSO Education Update 271 - February 15 2017

Parents lose their faith in Weatherill….

Editorial: We’ll believe it when we see it….

No jab no play….

Tenfold increase in truancy fines….

One in three don’t finish SACE….

Outdoor play reduces eye problems….

 

 

Education Update 272
2 March 2017

SAASSO Education Update 272 - March 2 2017

50 Education or child protection staff suspended with pay….

Orders to remove hat cords….

Report shows State Government cut $56 million from schools….

Year 12 English can be passed by reading one novel….

6 month olds to learn maths….

Half of SA childcare centres failing….

SA schools switch to online NAPLAN….