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            <title>Teachers  and Leaders Vital to Education Success</title>
            <link>http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=34182</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Speaking at the Education Department&rsquo;s inaugural Leadership Symposium today, the Minister for Education and Skills, Nick McKim, outlined his vision for Education in Tasmania.
Mr McKim said it was high quality educators who would change the lives of students in Tasmania now and into the future.
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&ldquo;The important role of Department staff, leaders from LINC Tasmania and the Tasmani...]]></description>
            <author>Tasmanian Government</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>School social workers vital to student success</title>
            <link>http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=34150</link>
            <description><![CDATA[School social workers play an integral role in assisting students to be the best they can be, the Minister for Education &amp; Skills Nick McKim, said today.
Officially opening the 2012 School Social Worker Conference, Mr McKim said social workers were vital in supporting students by bringing schools and families together.
&nbsp;
&ldquo;We want every student in our public education system to ha...]]></description>
            <author>Tasmanian Government</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>School Viability Reference Group Report </title>
            <link>http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=34139</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Minister for Education and Skills, Nick McKim said that he had received the Report from the School Viability Reference Group today.
Mr McKim said that it was an involved report dealing with complex and emotive issues.
&nbsp;
&ldquo;I will not be responding to the recommendations of the Report today but in the interest of transparency and due to the high level of public interest am releasing...]]></description>
            <author>Tasmanian Government</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Report on Government Services 2012</title>
            <link>http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=34130</link>
            <description><![CDATA[******* EMBARGOED until 1:00 am, Tuesday 31 January 2012******
More Tasmanian students are staying at school to complete Year 12, according to a national report card, The Minister for Education and Skills said today.
&nbsp;
Mr McKim said that though retention rates were encouraging he was focused on building on this improvement.
&nbsp;
&ldquo;The Productivity Commission&rsquo;s Report on Gove...]]></description>
            <author>Tasmanian Government</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>FULL 2011 NAPLAN report released</title>
            <link>http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=34104</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The full report of the 2011 National Assessment Program &ndash; Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests show Tasmania&rsquo;s 2011 results are comparable with 2010, the Acting Minister for Education and Skills, Brian Wightman said today.
Mr Wightman said the report, released today, followed the summary of results released in September and provided more detailed information on states&rsquo; results....]]></description>
            <author>Tasmanian Government</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Liberals Haven&amp;#8217;t Done Homework on High Schools </title>
            <link>http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=34081</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Acting Minister for Education, Brian Wightman, today said the Liberals&rsquo; call for the release of high school enrolment capacities raised the question as to whether Will Hodgman had even bothered to look at this information before stitching together a scheme to expand them all by 50 per cent.
Mr Wightman said if Mr Hodgman and Mr Ferguson had done their homework they would know that the s...]]></description>
            <author>Tasmanian Government</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Hodgman&amp;#8217;s Twitter Whine: Can&amp;#8217;t Handle Criticism</title>
            <link>http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=34072</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Acting Minister for Education, Brian Wightman today said Will Hodgman had shown he would prefer to whinge about criticism of his so-called education policy, rather than front up and explain it to the Tasmanian people.
Mr Wightman said following justified scrutiny of the Liberals&rsquo; flawed and un-costed plan to sweep Tasmanian students out of colleges and cram them into high schools, all M...]]></description>
            <author>Tasmanian Government</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Smarter Schools National Partnerships</title>
            <link>http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=34060</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Tasmanian schools are making great strides in helping students reach their potential under the Australian Government&rsquo;s Smarter Schools National Partnerships program, Acting Minister for Education and Skills Brian Wightman said today.
Mr Wightman said he was delighted with Tasmania&rsquo;s performance in the latest progress reports, released today, which cover state and territory achievement...]]></description>
            <author>Tasmanian Government</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Hodgman&amp;#8217;s High School Policy Low on Detail </title>
            <link>http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=34059</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Acting Minister for Education, Brian Wightman, today called on Will Hodgman to release detailed costings of his scheme to take students out of colleges and force high schools to cope with massively larger student populations.
Mr Wightman said Mr Hodgman&rsquo;s so-called policy statement released during the week completely failed to provide one single figure as to how much such a policy would...]]></description>
            <author>Tasmanian Government</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Rural and remote education a priority</title>
            <link>http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=34038</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Many initiatives are significantly improving the provision of education and training in rural and remote communities in Tasmania, Acting Minister for Education and Skills, Brian Wightman, said today.
Mr Wightman said that 18 schools in regional locations provided programs for Year 11 and 12 students last year.
&nbsp;
&ldquo;As well as providing opportunities for students to stay in their local ...]]></description>
            <author>Tasmanian Government</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Asbestos Registers</title>
            <link>http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=34036</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Tasmanian firm Johnstone, McGee and Gandy Pty. Ltd. has been successful in winning a three year tender to update asbestos registers for Department of Education properties across the state, the Acting Minister for Education and Skills, Brian Wightman said today.
&ldquo;This is a large, State-wide undertaking, with a total of 215 school and college sites, 30 libraries, 127 residences, 18 Polytechni...]]></description>
            <author>Tasmanian Government</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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