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Educational adventures without the headaches
School News sourced some opinions from experts in the field about current trends in educational tourism, discovering that educational tourism…
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Last chance to enter School News writing competition
Last chance for students to enter the inspirational teacher competition. The winning student receives $500 worth of books for their…
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Administration
More to floor safety than preventing slips and spills
There's more to floor safety than the ‘archetypal accident’; the slip or fall. Other factors relating Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)…
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School apps keep parents in touch
The frantic scramble for 30 swimming notes, hunting in lost property for spare goggles, towels, or a size six pair…
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Student disengagement a bigger problem than violence: Grattan report
Australia’s education system needs comprehensive reform to tackle widespread student disengagement in the classroom, according to a new Grattan Institute…
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Planning external learning curriculum
External learning used to mean things like swimming lessons at the local pool. Every week, we walked two abreast (holding…
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Health & Safety
Storage lockers for healthy spines and security
While private schools in Australia generally have lockers for high school students to store their heavy bags, many state schools…
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Organisation the key for collaborative, calm teaching
Teachers manage a dizzying list of tasks, obligations and interruptions, with up to thirty-five students chattering, emoting, and needing things.…
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Could two-way learning close the gap?
Both-ways learning could just 'close the gap', and allow teachers of Indigenous students to 'draw on two necessarily separate domains…
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