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Great reads for children and teens
Mel Gordon loves running, and watching Seinfeld, but mostly she loves Cathy Freeman. It's 2000 and the Olympics are going…
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School camps a rite of passage to remember
School camps can offer a student a sense of meaning and purpose, they can provide practice in overcoming obstacles, develop…
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Smart classrooms for digital natives
The first interactive whiteboard was released in the early 90s, but in recent years the positioning of Smart technology in…
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Gonski 2.0: grappling with Catholics, independents and Greens to pass bill
Gonski 2.0: Leaked figures from within the government showed a massive drop in funding to low-fee Catholic schools. Government response…
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Ken Boston endorsement shows Gonski 2.0 should go ahead: Birmingham
Federal education minister, Simon Birmingham, says endorsement from “Dr Ken Boston, another member of the Gonski panel” indicates the funding…
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Bike storage key to getting students on the move?
As childhood obesity statistics fill both news feeds and the preoccupations of parents and carers, the morning school run in…
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A recipe for change in school lunch provision
School lunches may have become the most frequently discussed meal in our society, and with good reason. Research has shown…
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Special Report: The role of the school in resisting racist culture
How to engender an environment where school policy prohibits race-based bullying when the ‘grown-ups’ in wider society are debating their…
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Crack the code for young readers with phonics
The divide over teaching children how to read has long existed between those who support the ‘whole language’ approach and…
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