Administration
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How teachers can identify and help young people self-medicating trauma with drugs and alcohol
They may be constantly on-edge and on the look-out for danger. Trouble sleeping and concentrating are also common.
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‘Finish strong’ should be your mantra
Now is the time to watch our words, resist temptation to ‘shoot from the hip’ and make decisions on the…
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The thing that makes a teacher great and data cannot recreate
“The problem is, I think, that education’s becoming far too data driven and the teacher’s judgements are being set too…
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Gov injects $11.8m into school trial for language learning app
With the new funding, ELLA will be trialled for primary schools in foundation to year two (F-2) classes in 2019.
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For the sake of kids, embrace math
Teachers in both Canada and Australia feel neither competent nor confident in math and, frankly, they are the first to…
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How glorious is the teaching profession? How lauded? How appreciated? How important?
Ahead of a new formal inquiry, Professor Apland is "well aware of how the ongoing public commentary, that often blames…
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Expanding suspension powers for schools is harmful and ineffective
Contrary to popular belief, suspension does not promote behavioural change. Research shows suspension is associated with an increase in anti-social…
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Extra $134.8m allocated to regional student support
$34.1 million for an additional 1,955 scholarships for regional and remote students over four years, more than doubling the 1,200 scholarships…
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Aspiring principals head back to school
Aspiring NSW principals have gone back to school as part of the NSW Government’s push to raise teaching standards across…
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Therapy dogs being good boys at QLD state high schools
Theodore proudly wears his school uniform each day, attends assemblies and among many other duties, distracts anxious students during immunisations.
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