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Dr Lea Waters on strengths-based school culture
Hear from Dr Lea Waters, author of The Strength Switch, on how schools can encourage optimism, resilience and achievement with a…
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Why parents listen to shock jocks more than teachers
Last week NAPLAN results were released. Adam Voigt woke to judgement of teachers, once again, and filmed an encouraging video…
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NAPLAN is ten years old – so how is the nation faring?
The NAPLAN 2017 summary results have been released, eliciting the usual mix of criticism, high hopes and panic, but 2017 marks the…
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Birmingham says funding drought for WA is history
In an interview on Channel 9 Today Perth with Tracy Vo, education minister Simon Birmingham spoke again on needs based…
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The Handmaid’s Tale: anti-Christian contraband or a teaching tool?
Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel has long been on the syllabus in Canada and the USA, with history of mild opposition.…
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Building a child’s spoken word bank can boost capacity to read
Children’s oral vocabulary – their knowledge of the sounds and meanings of words – is strongly positively associated with their reading all…
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New Gonski review panel hamstrung by narrow brief: AEU
The Australian Education Union (AEU) has expressed serious concern about the federal government’s move to prevent the new panel reviewing…
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Parent engagement matters in primary school
Education is a home-school partnership, yet direct involvement in classroom activities, excursions and parent committees drops after preschool. Some schools are…
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Future Makers finalist delivers free text book access
‘Hyveminds’ is a social enterprise scheme that provides free access to digital textbooks for students in underprivileged areas in Australia…
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