Administration

Schools around the country are invited to join the Schools Recycle Right Challenge, a National Recycling Week initiative.

With the recent decision taken by one state's government to compel all schools to offer female students the option of wearing pants and shorts to school, gender neutral uniforms are in the news again.

Portside Christian College is well on its way to becoming a digital school, but it wasn’t always this way. Paul Connelly, head of eLearning, discusses the strategic digital vision for Portside and how it's being implemented.

Education is a home-school partnership, yet direct involvement in classroom activities, excursions and parent committees drops after preschool. Some schools are using interactive technologies, such as parent-school wikis, blogs, and virtual chatrooms to engage parents.

This month, Adam Voigt warns against the quagmire of overdocumentation. Advocating for simplicity, he says school policy must provide professional safety and drive practice, but overdocumentation can bog down procedure. Complex wordy procedure is lost when teachers are at the coalface.

All libraries are not created equal: the contemporary learning space requires innovative thinking to complement interaction and engagement with students.

Fundraising - it’s the gritty reality of education today, plugging the gap between state and federal funding, and the cost of running a well-resourced school. It also requires a huge outlay of time and energy.

The battle between the Catholics and the government on the schools funding plan appears to be ramping up, with Catholic education authorities deciding to intensify their campaign.

Personal, identifying details of vulnerable children were published on the Victorian Education Department's website, and remained there for 24 hours. In some cases from families where domestic abuse means privacy is vital.

Why are schools so obsessed with all children looking the same? Since the later part of the 20th century, schools in Australia have opted for strict uniform policies, where students will wear an identical set of clothes.