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Director General's Memo: Commonwealth-state Funding Outcomes for NSW

Posted by | Published on December 2, 2008

Dear Colleagues,   State and territory governments met with the Commonwealth on the weekend to negotiate funding agreements for public schools and vocational education and […] 

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'NSW pulls out of computers-for-schools program'

Posted by | Published on September 26, 2008

The term ends and one would hope for more inspirational news from our political and system leaders. The above headline is from the ABC website […] 

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NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Study Tour: New York #2  →

Posted in Education, Professional development, Travel

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Staff Development Day – ideas for 1:1 laptop learning  →

Posted in Education, Featured, Professional development

Colleagues, Your mission today is to spend some time thinking and sharing about learning in your 1:1 laptop classroom. The key issue about learning in a 1:1 laptop classroom is not […] 

Gonski and Faux Reform  →

Posted in Education, Featured, Government

Now the extra base funding necessary to get us to this school resourcing standard over six years is $14.5 billion. It’s a lot of money, but I believe it is […] 

Brain Rules  →

Posted in Education, Professional development

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Thriving and Surviving at Work, Home and School by John Medina is an excellent, must-read for book teachers, parents and students. I am listening to the audiobook […] 

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