River Murray records lowest flows ever. An average month for rainfall across the River Murray catchments was not enough to stop the trend of the lowest flows into the system on record. [ABC News: Breaking Stories]
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Happy International Polar Year! Google Earth Presentation. The International Polar Year is a large scientific program focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009. In order to have full and equal coverage of both the Arctic and the Antarctic, IPY 2007-8 covers two full annual cycles. The program involves over 200 projects, with thousands of…
YouTube expelled from Australian state's schools. Article.wn.com - Fri Mar 2, 03:00 am GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education]
School Councils Get More Training. As school communities across the State begin their election processes for 2007, the Minister for Education, the Hon. John Lenders, has released new materials to support all school councils. Thousands of parent, community and teacher volunteers who sit on Victorian government school councils will now have the opportunity to be formally trained, the Minister for…
You Can Hear Google Now . Google is in late stages of talks with various wireless carriers, including Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile, about equipping cellphones with new software designed by the Internet giant, according to three people familiar with the discussions. By Kim Hart and Zachary Goldfarb. [washingtonpost.com - Technology]
The ABCs of merit pay. Stan Correy, from ABC Radio’s Background Briefing program, put together a nice program on teacher merit pay, based in part on the conference I held recently on the economics of teacher quality. Here’s the Background Briefing transcript and podcast. John Garnaut also had a terrific piece in last Saturday’s SMH on the topic of merit…
Teacher inquiry report now available. A unified, national approach to improve teacher education in Australia is the predominant theme of the House of Representatives Education and Vocational Training Committee's report on the inquiry into teacher education. The report, Top of the Class, makes a total of 12 recommendations. It proposes a powerful reform package of practical and achievable measures that…
Australian CensusAtSchool project goes international (Media Release) [Australian Bureau of Statistics]
Teacher inquiry report now available. A unified, national approach to improve teacher education in Australia is the predominant theme of the House of Representatives Education and Vocational Training Committee's report on the inquiry into teacher education. The report, Top of the Class, makes a total of 12 recommendations. It proposes a powerful reform package of practical and achievable measures that…