From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Sackmann, Gleason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: TheSchoolDaily for Thursday, 30 May 2002 Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 13:17:24 -0700
TheSchoolDaily for Thursday, 30 May 2002 "Building a networked learning community of parents, teachers and friends of schools." TheSchoolDaily is sponsored by: * ASCD http://www.ascd.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION NEWS TEACHERS START VOTING AMID WILDCAT STRIKES http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13258 The New Zealand Herald reports that high school teachers in lower Northland will today be the first in the country to vote on the Government's pay offer, as wildcat strikes chip away at the deal. TOPs/YOUTH TRAINING REPORT PUBLISHED http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13200 The final report of the New Zealand Review of the Training Opportunities and Youth Training is now available reports the office of Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey. TERTIARY EDUCATION REFORM BILL REPORTED BACK TO THE HOUSE http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13199 Parliament's Education and Science Select Committee has reported back to the House on its consideration of the Tertiary Education Reform Bill, recommending that the Bill be passed with some amendments. NEW FUNDING SYSTEM FOR NZ TERTIARY EDUCATION http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13198 Budget 2002 introduced a new funding system for the whole post-school education system that complements tertiary education reform legislation currently before Parliament and will help ensure the objectives of the Tertiary Education Strategy are realised reports the office of Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey STRATEGY HERALDS NEW ERA FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION SECTOR http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13197 The finalised Tertiary Education Strategy, 2002-2007, which was released recently, will ensure that excellence is fostered in the tertiary education sector and that it responds more effectively to New Zealand's economic growth and social development, according to Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey. BEHAVIOUR FUNDS 'CHANGING SCHOOLS' http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13245 A four-year $28million program aimed at addressing behavioural management issues is already producing extraordinary results, including a huge reduction in suspensions at a southern metropolitan high school, Western Australian Education Minister Alan Carpenter has said ... NIGHTINGALE LIGHTS THE WAY IN DARK DAYS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13194 Sometimes it is what a teacher contributes to a school community, rather than what they teach in the classroom, that makes them stand out. The Australian reports on the work of one such teacher. CAMBRIDGE COMES TOP FOR TEACHING http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13213 Cambridge emerges as the top university for teaching in the country in the 2002 EducationGuardian.co.uk guide to universities, with its ancient rival Oxford in second place in the overall rankings for undergraduate degree courses. SCHOOL'S OUT http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13212 Two major educational problems truancy and exclusions are of major concern in the UK. John O'Farrell comments in his report in the Guardian that it seems that if children are refusing to turn up for lessons, it makes it very difficult to expel them. LETTER ATTACKS 'GREEDY' TEACHERS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1218156a1908,FF.html SCHOOLS NAMED AS AWARD FINALISTS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1217242a1882,FF.html TEENAGER BASHED BY ST PETER'S STUDENT http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1218082a1804,FF.html 'ILL-DISCIPLINED' WILDCAT ACTION NOW HITTING 44 SCHOOLS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1218579a1700,FF.html BIG CROWDS WELCOME DALAI LAMA TO NELSON http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1218146a1540,FF.html TEACHERS PREPARE TO VOTE ON PAY OFFER http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1218150a1931,FF.html NELSON COLLEGE DEFEATS RIVALS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1218120a1560,FF.html GIRLS' HIGH TEACHERS JOIN STRIKE http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1218555a1934,FF.html UNIVERSITIES PROTEST TUITION FEE CONTROLS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1218564a3845,FF.html 'FATHERS MUST BE MORE PROACTIVE' http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1218446a1942,FF.html WAITING GAME FOR STAFF http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1218105a1800,FF.html RUGBY: KELSTON BOYS IN ST PAUL'S WHITEWASH http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1218182a1502,FF.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BREAKFAST FOR THE BRAIN BFTB: Breakfast for the Brain - 29 May http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13240 1. Who reached the summit of Mount Everest on this day 1953? 2. Which famous film star had a birth date 29 May 1903? 3. What were Jews forced to sew on their coats, in occupied Paris, 29 May 1942? 4. Which company unveiled their first hand-held computer on this day 1992? Answers... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEADERSHIP/ADMINISTRATION Wireless Making a Difference in the Classroom http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13209 Saint Kentigern College rollout of a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) in May 2001 unleashed the full potential of the mobile computing strategy in education pioneered with Toshiba some years ago, and opened up a whole range of benefits. The wireless solution, which utilises technology from Cisco Systems and Walker Wireless, is one of the largest of its kind throughout Australia and New Zealand. Six years ago, Saint Kentigern, in partnership with Portables Plus, a Toshiba Education Specialist Reseller, introduced the Toshiba School Notebook Access Plan (SNAP) for teachers and students. By 2003 all 1200 students will be armed with a notebook to aid their learning. Over the same time period, the school had implemented a networking infrastructure that by the end of 2000 has the facility to cater for network access for some of the student in some classrooms. Now through the use of the wireless, all students and teachers enjoy network connectivity when and where required anywhere, anytime on the campus ... Partners New Zealand Trust Gains Government Resourcing http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13238 Partners New Zealand Trust is delighted that the Government through Industry New Zealand has seen fit to provide $300,000 to enable the Trust to expand its activities, nationwide. The penny has now dropped at many levels of New Zealand society that the enterprise community and the education community need one another, if New Zealand Incorporated is to fly ... Catch them while you can http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13242 The death of Damilola Taylor has concentrated minds on what to do with difficult children. Hilary Wilce from The Intependent visits a unit which takes pupils as young as five who've been excluded from school... NCEA allowance defined http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13244 A key component of the proposed Secondary Teachers' Collective Agreement has been clarified and defined further. The new wording of the proposed National Certificate of Educational Achievement allowance could mean that more teachers will qualify for the allowance than originally anticipated ... How to make teachers smile http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13243 It's being touted as a solution to primary teachers' daily battle with ballooning workloads: a pilot scheme in 32 UK schools to help with anything from paperwork to pumping up PE balls. Richard Garner visits one of the chosen few... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARENTS/FRIENDS Education Quandary http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=13241 'My children - aged nine and 13 - have stopped reading. They only want to watch television or to be on the computer, or text their friends, and then they seem too "hyper" to read'... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Articles from the latest 'Good Teacher' and NZ Information Literacy Archive http://www.TheSchoolQuarterly.com Special Web Solutions and Services for Schools http://www.heurisko.co.nz/webservices For school audioconferencing POLYCOMs are essential http://www.learnz.org.nz/polycom/ 'Read and Write 5.0' - an easy to use toolbar providing literacy support from textHELP! http://www.texthelp.co.nz Try ASCD's Professional Development Online http://www.ascd.org/framepdonline.html ******************************************* For digest instead of individual postings, send the message: set k12newsletters digest to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] K12 Newsletters mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for K12 Newsletters can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=K12NEWSLETTERS **********************************************************
