eUpdate - 2019

Education Update 347
6 December 2019

Teacher union puts new offer to ballot of members….

SAASSO Survey in Parliament….

Worrying decline in PISA test results….

Australia tanks in global rankings despite $20bn boost….

SA school trials phone blocking technology….

Teaching becoming more challenging….

 

 

Education Update 346
29 November 2019

Parent survey finds support for sanitary products in school….

SA exams go digital in 2021….

Exemption to keep some Year 7s in primary school until 2024….

ATAR is the start of the journey, not the end….

Tasmania bans mobile phones in schools….

A generation of children don’t know how to play….

 

 

Education Update 345
22 November 2019

White Ribbon Day….

Green Team there for schoolies….

SA’s Year 1 students make big gains in phonics checks….

Is it time to shake up report cards….

SA apprentice training numbers increase almost 30%…. 

World-first mental health study….

STEM education key in SA….

 

Education Update 344
8 November 2019

Parents key to Year 7s’ big move….

Students showcase female triumph….

10 South Australian high schools building a bright future….

SA international student growth beats national average….

Teachers trained to handle sexting….

Preschool funds tied to attendance….

More male teachers needed….

 

Education Update 343
8 November 2019

Major SA study into dropouts and at-risk students….

Disability Royal Commission – day one….

Disability Royal Commission – reluctant teachers….

More playtime for kids, but when….

Call for funding to keep kids in school….

Lack of exams may cause stress….

State sued for abandoning autistic boy’s education….

 

Education Update 342
1 November 2019

Day end of year concerts because of teacher industrial action….

World Teachers’ Day….

TAFE not just a ‘fallback’ for students, study confirms….

Two thirds of parents struggle to care for their own health….

Parent concern over TikTok….

Mobile phones banned in WA….

 

 

Education Update 341
25 October 2019

Parents big lever to lifting academic outcomes….

SAASSO Survey 26: period poverty….

Class sizes are not the big issue in school standards….

SA preschools eligible for new support program….

School training overhaul….

Banning mobile phones in schools….

New play tackles youth suicide….

 

 

Education Update 340
18 October 2019

Country schools fight dwindling enrolments….

Half of schoolies don’t know about the morning after pill….

Wealthy areas more likely to vaccinate….

ATAR won’t last much longer….

National robotics competition….

Kids learn from rough and tumble play with dad….

SA schools cut disability red tape….

 

Education Update 338
30 August 2019

SA public education awards finalists….

New plan to stem teacher shortage….

SA improves in NAPLAN writing tests….

Widespread racism in schools….

Reading for pleasure….

One in 10 kids care for someone with disability or drug issue….

Melbourne school bans bins….

 

 

Education Update 337
23 August 2019

Children should be banned from contact sports….

Plant-based canteen options thwarted….

Sports voucher program has 40% increase in a year….

Making higher education a choice for foster kids….

Performance pay….

Unis urged not to rely on international students….

Students using emojis for lesson feedback….

 

Education Update 336
16 August 2019

Australia’s great education divide….

Education export bonanza hits $37.7 billion….

ATAR obsession leading students astray….

Veronica Mars crowdsources teacher supplies….

Schools offer trolley bags….

Mining program in Whyalla….

 

 

Education Update 335
9 August 2019

Anti-discrimination laws on uniform choice for girls….

Keith Area School drug and alcohol education….

60% of students live outside high school boundaries….

Department lesson plans to help new teachers….

SA unis overhaul of ATAR….

SA facing worker shortage….

 

 

Education Update 334
27 June 2019

A decade of SAASSO’s Education Updates….

End the rivalry in school sports….

Regional communities have their say on Year 7 pilot….

Public schools in Australia attract $1 billion in fees for parents….

Mobile phone ban in state schools in Victoria….

Start the chat about online safety….

Ain’t wellbeing great….

 

Education Update 333
21 June 2019

State Government review of VET in schools….

Principals optimistic despite job demands….

Teachers offered pay rise….

SA work experience scheme broken….

Schools failing to prepare students….

Ways to encourage girls to play sport….

Teachers want more special needs, ICT training….

 

Education Update 332
14 June 2019

SA’s international student enrolment exceeds national growth…

PE to double in some SA schools….

Literacy and numeracy tests for teachers….

8,000 serious incidents reported in SA public schools….

Students awarded ANZAC spirit prize….

Philippine students plant 10 trees to graduate….

International education strategy….

 

Education Update 331
6 June 2019

First SA high schools to take Year 7s….

No jab no play….

Principals worried about supply and quality of teachers….

Are your schools anti-bullying campaigns making it worse….

NAPLAN technical problems….

Music teacher of the year award….

Parent infant reading NAPLAN link….

 

 

Education Update 330
17 May 2019

Student ideas to end bullying….

Calling all parents….

NAPLAN online hit by technical problems….

NAPLAN: experts tell parents and teachers not to stress kids….

Impending crisis in maths….

Streaming: the dumb get dumber….

Fairness in our schools….

 

Education Update 329
10 May 2019

Modern world causing kids stress at school….

SAASSO Survey….

Why we need to pour cash into childcare….

Teacher librarians on how we can get kids reading for pleasure….

Onsite psychologists for schools….

Helicopter parenting….

 

 

Education Update 328
3 May 2019

Labor offers free childcare to lowest income earners….

NDIS participants promised smooth services….

Push for free flu vaccine for kids….

Shorten promises more solar for schools….

Kidney cancer risk for taller heavier children….

Online food resource for teachers….

 

 

Education Update 327
12 April 2019

A class above: parents push for higher teacher standards….

Importance of preschool….

Children who start school later fare better….

Lack of awareness of STEM careers key issue….

School bans birthday invitations….

NAPLAN report released….

 

 

Education Update 326
5 April 2019

Ecstasy use by students doubles in three years….

Stop seeing year 12 as a competition….

Five things we wouldn’t know without NAPLAN….

Are digital devices actually being used in schools….

Schools go reward free….

Ventilation in classrooms….

Striking students show skills….

 

Education Update 325
29 March 2019

NAPLAN online platform fails in national practice test….

Country schools temporary problem….

Endometriosis PPEP talk program for years 9 & 10….

The burden of lifting up disadvantaged not evenly spread….

Students set new funding record….

Compulsory Internet app….

Teacher status forum….

 

Education Update 324
22 March 2019

What our leaders said about school climate strike….

SAASSO Survey….

Researchers warn against sending kids to bed with phones….

Getting serious about fun….

Tiny school turns fortunes around….

15% of families reported to authorities….

Remarkable kid carers….

 

Education Update 323
15 March 2019

Student climate strike 4….

Striking students told to turn up….

Helping girls feel safe on the streets at night….

How to mentally prepare principals for the job….

Three high schools to trial Year 7 next year….

Parents frustrated at rezoning….

 

 

Education Update 322
8 March 2019

Sniffer dogs get green light….

Minister apologises for school zones changes….

Education department takes control of enrolment caps….

Schools desperately need disability royal commission….

Labor to fund healthy food program….

Studies cast doubt on screen time rules….

 

 

Education Update 321
28 February 2019

Parents back NAPLAN….

Creative arts means better grades….

ACT to phase out work of chaplains in public schools….

100,000 children on pills for depression….

Kids being yelled at more than ever….

Kids well-being linked to Dad’s mental health….

Focus on economics says the Reserve Bank….

 

Education Update 320
21 February 2019

People working with children need new background screening….

Adelaide High expansion….

Labour announces academy for school principals….

NSW to fund mental health staff for bullied teens….

Labour bursaries for best teachers….

No apology for new school zones….

Teachers’ HECS debt to be waived….