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2005 Performance Data Tables (WA)
URL: http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/pages/tables2005.html
Category: Statistics
School Comparison Statistics for 2005 are presented by the Curriculum Council of Western Australia. The council warns that the data should be interpreted with caution. Data highlights for the state are presented as well as statistics on participation and achievement as well as schools with highest performing students.
URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/edpod/
Category: National
ABC Radio National's podcasts on education are published on this website. EdPod presents a mix of education stories, from early childhood to the end of secondary school. EdPod examines new education ideas, and asks whether things could or should be done differently. The audio for each program is available to download. Users may also subscribe to the podcast feed.
Age of Entry Trial 2005: Report on Phase I (NT)
URL: http://www.deet.nt.gov.au/...age_of_entry_2005_phase_i_report.pdf
Category: State and Territory
This report outlines the findings of Phase I of the NT Department of Employment, Education and Training's Early Years review and Age of Entry Trial. This two phased trial is ensuring Territory schools are on track with respect to the Australian Government's requirement for all states and territories to move to a nationally consistent single intake policy.
Australian Council of State School Organisations (ACSSO) - Publications
URL: http://www.acsso.org.au/publications.htm
A number of publications, including submissions and reports are available for downloading from this site.
Australian Parents Council - Publications
URL: http://www.austparents.edu.au/html/publications.html
A summary of Australian Parents Council reports and projects for parents.
Category: Journals and Newsletters
Maintained by the Institute for Social Research at Swinburne University of Technology, APO offers fast access to Australian social, economic, cultural and political research available online. Reports and other new material from member centres and institutes are archived in subject areas, from health and education to cities & suburbs and the environment. A team of guest writers and columnists discuss issues of the day within the pages of Comment and Analysis, while the Debates section offers updates and links to resource pages on key policy discussions. Best of the Rest provides links to important new material from a range of sources, including newspapers, the broadcast media and government.
URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/...schoolsweb/homepage/cmpguide.pdf
Category: State and Territory
The Canteen Menu Planning Guide is part of the NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy. This booklet aims to make the job easier to design a school canteen menu that reflects the Australian Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents.
Changing Schools: Information Booklets and Brochure for Schools and Parents
URL: http://www.dest.gov.au/...tional_consistency/changing_schools.htm
Category: Education and Your Child Organisation and Management
This Department of Education Science and Training website provides downloadable booklets and brochure providing information for schools and parents to assist in supporting the needs of students who move schools. Links are also provided to the Interstate Student Data Transfer Note and publications relating to students changing schools.
URL: http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/...ildhood_obesity.html
Category: Youth Issues
Early Childhood Australia has provided links to resources, practical advice, parent guides and articles, on the issue of childhood obesity - including the risk factors, the causes, the consequences and prevention. Further information is also available on child health.
URL: http://www.unisa.edu.au/hawkeinstitute/documents/wp23.pdf
This paper reports on the findings and policy implications of a study that used both qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate mothers?decision making with respect to the interlinked issues of the care of their preschool children and their own employment. Mothers were found to have both internal and external constraints to their decisions. In the three areas of finances, childcare and working time both personal identities and external circumstances limited mothers? choices. However,neither external circumstances nor identities were fixed.
