Jun
24
ELAA CEO comments on rise of ‘wrap around’ early years services in www.commercialrealestate.com.au
21 June, 2019.
ELAA CEO, David Worland, comments on the rise of ‘wrap around’ in private early years services and the wider early years sector (more…)
Jun
07
ELAA CEO interviewed on ABC Radio Melbourne re rise of 5 star early learning services
ELAA CEO, David Worland, chatted with Patricia Karvelas on 774 ABC Melbourne this morning about the rise of 5 star early learning services. Listen in (segment starts 1 hr, 16 mins & 23 secs into audio file) https://ab.co/2WOjZXX
May
27
774 ABC Melbourne – ELAA CEO talks with Rafael Epstein about the 2019/20 Vic Budget
27 May 2019: listen to this live interview with ELAA CEO, David Worland, and 774 ABC Melbourne Drive presenter, Rafael Epstein. David provides ELAA’s reaction to the 2019/20 Victorian state budget. (more…)
May
18
Early Education Show Podcast – live from the 2019 Early Childhood Education Conference
In a first for the ELAA / Gowrie Victoria Early Childhood Education Conference, the Friday (May 18) program featured the Conference’s first ever live podcast with the crew from the Early Education Show Presenting ‘Advocacy is Everyone’s Job’ (more…)
Apr
21
ELAA Deputy CEO featured in AGE article on school readiness age
21 April 2019: ELAA Deputy CEO, Tina Martin, featured in an article by AGE journalist, Madeleine Heffernan, on the question of what is the best age for children to commence school. (more…)
Aug
28
WIN NEWS – Gippsland featuring ‘Starting Out Safely’ Road Safety Education Program
WIN NEWS – Gippsland featured a story on the ‘Starting Out Safely’ Road Safety Education Program today. View the story here. (more…)
Mar
08
Not a Moment Left to Waste – 3yo kinder needs help to stop kids falling behind
ELAA Interim CEO, Tina Martin, comments in the Herald Sun on the importance of universal access to funded quality 3-year-old early learning programs.
Feb
09
Kinders struggling with uncertainty of funding amid war of words between governments
Leader Community News – ELAA Interim CEO, Tina Martin, welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement re a 1-year extension on 15 Hours but calls on all levels of government to tackle the issue of ongoing funding, rather than relying on year-to-year extensions.
Sep
14
ABC Radio ‘The World Today’ interview with ELAA CEO re release of latest OECD Education at a Glance Report
ELAA CEO, Shane Lucas, spoke to the ABC Radio The World Today program yesterday following the release of the latest OECD Education at a Glance Report which shows Australia is going backwards on three-year-old participation in early learning.
Read more and listen to the interview …
Aug
01
Research backs the importance of young minds
The Age published a feature recently that discussed the importance of early learning in influencing children’s long term learning abilities and outcomes. ELAA CEO Shane Lucas and Jo Geurts, CEO of ECKA both stressed the importance of local and international research which consistently demonstrated the co-relation between the evidence based learning and practice.
