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• The place of learning in our schools
  11 May 2012 - 11:00am - Dr Geoff Newcombe
    The independent schools sector is characterised by diversity. Each of our schools seek excellence, though often in diverse areas and in different ways.  For example, while some have built  read more >>
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• Our ANZAC tradition is in safe hands
  29 March 2012 - 9:01am - Dr Geoff Newcombe
    As we approach another ANZAC Day, it is timely to reflect again on what this occasion means to Australians, and how we ensure that young Australians understand its importance to our nation  read more >>
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• The Fourth Way - what does it mean for educational leaders?
  15 March 2012 - 12:00pm - Geoff Newcombe
  How can schools meet the needs of today’s young people and their communities? Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley (2009) refer to the Fourth Way, the way of Earth, as a means of doing this  read more >>
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• What does My School say about Your School?
  02 March 2012 - 11:14am - Dr Geoff Newcombe
    With the release this week of My School 3.0 (www.myschool.edu.au) it is interesting to reflect on the original basis for the website in 2009 which was that it would report on the results of the  read more >>
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• Gonski - a job well done but will it bear fruit?
  24 February 2012 - 5:25pm - Dr Geoff Newcombe
    Early this week the Gonski Report was released to a lot of fanfare and media coverage, with most of the reactions very positive. From the perspective of independent schools the report was  read more >>
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• Enrolment trends - a success story worth telling
  16 February 2012 - 12:13pm - Dr Geoff Newcombe
    On 3rd February the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its preliminary Schools Australia 2012 data, a key source of accurate and verifiable data on Australian schooling. But you may not have  read more >>
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• Quality Teaching - Creating A New Standard
  09 February 2012 - 10:00am - Dr Geoff Newcombe
    The term ‘quality teaching’ is often heard but identifying what it actually means can be somewhat difficult.  It may mean very different things to different people.  Just this week the ABC’s Four  read more >>
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• Funding students with a disability - a disabled system?
  02 February 2012 - 2:18pm - Dr Geoff Newcombe
    As we commence a new school year, there remains one issue that never seems to be resolved.  That’s the debate about the funding of students with disability so that those going to non-government  read more >>
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• Gonski and funding - Out With the Old?
  25 January 2012 - 10:36am - Dr Geoff Newcombe
    In her address to the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Independent Schools of NSW in May 2008, the then Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, outlined her educational reform  read more >>
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• Welcome to the AIS Blog
  23 January 2012 - 3:28pm - Dr Geoff Newcombe
    School education arouses passions, invokes ideologies and frequently causes disagreement. However, the topic of education also highlights significant common ground, creates collaboration and opens  read more >>
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