The Canberra Business Council’s Connect@ANU event the other night was an eye opener to the kind of amazing research coming out of the ANU. Research students designed and produced A0 posters explaining their research projects and these were displayed all throughout University House. The students then mingled with a packed crowd of Canberra government, business [...]
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New National Standards for Early Childhood Education
The COAG meeting in December agreed to implement compulsory national standards for early childhood education and care services which will be phased in from 1 July this year. There has always been a heterogeneous approach to early childhood services across the country and the COAG reform will mean there will be consistency across every state [...]
Early Childhood Education Numbers Increase
One of the key platforms in my campaign for Molonglo is a focus on early childhood education. My daughter benefited from attending an early learning program in that it helped her understand how to learn and really assisted her socially once she moved into the primary school system. So I’m very pleased to see the [...]
National Student Assessment
I see Dr Andrew Leigh has an interesting question about the National Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Program, happening on 13-15 May. He asks if the purpose of the test is to compare results nationally, is there a problem if the tests are marked at state/territory level, as will be the case? Dr Leigh’s suggestion is [...]
School Standards Authority
Education Minister Andrew Barr has proposed the creation of an independent statutory body called the Schools Standards Authority to oversee education standards in the Territory. This is a smart approach to the future governance of our education system. The Authority would take responsibility for a range of areas including curriculum frameworks, teacher registration, student achievement, [...]
Early Learning Initiatives
Having seen the clear benefits my daughter received when she attended an early learning program as a 3 and 4 year old, I am convinced we’re on the right track with the early learning initiatives announced by Education Minister, Andrew Barr. In 2009, four new preschool to year 2 schools will open at Southern Cross, [...]
