Education

School NewsWednesday, March 10, 2021
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Young people are hungry for good sex education. I found a program in Mexico that gets it right

Some schools have gathered students for sessions about consent, or engaged parents. But studies show one-off conversations or education sessions…
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School NewsTuesday, March 2, 2021
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School banking programs target ‘vulnerable consumers’. But research shows kids are smarter than you think

51% of parents had concerns about financial institutions marketing to young primary school students.
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School NewsWednesday, February 10, 2021
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After the 2020 lessons of COVID-19, should we do Year 12 differently?

It may not have worked seamlessly for them all, but if surveyed, many would agree that there were distinct benefits…
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Yael LeibovitchWednesday, February 3, 2021
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Teachers, place the writing onus back on students!

Even though students write across all year levels and subjects, it can feel like they are scrambling to grasp what…
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School NewsWednesday, December 16, 2020
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From power battles to education theatre: the history of standardised testing

Some successful education nations like Finland — which rank highly in international standardised tests like PISA — avoid external, national…
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School NewsTuesday, December 8, 2020
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Australia hasn’t performed well at maths and science recently. We’re about to find out if we’ve improved

The first TIMSS test was in 1995. Results from the last cycle, TIMSS 2015, showed the maths and science achievement…
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School NewsTuesday, December 8, 2020
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We don’t need banks teaching kids about money. Schools have it covered

The Victorian government this week announced it would ban all banking schemes from operating in public schools from 2021.
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NSW Department of EducationTuesday, December 1, 2020
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It’s official: Phonics compulsory for Year 1 students

Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said the evidence of phonics effectiveness is undeniable, and from 2021 all Year 1 NSW…
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School NewsTuesday, December 1, 2020
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Teacher-student relationship key to positive learning at semi-rural school

“I regularly invite my students to send me their ‘brutally honest’ feedback via Google forms. I also ask them to…
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UNSW NewsroomWednesday, November 25, 2020
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The robots helping sick kids ‘teleport’ to the classroom

Most school students are back in school after a tumultuous school year, but remote learning – and social isolation –…
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After losing a Year 9 student to suicide, educator, Rachel Downie decided that she needed to find a way to support our young people to say something when things ‘aren’t right’. She discovered that in emergent situations, students often felt too frightened to come forward with possible life-saving information, due to their social expectations and Australia’s cultural acceptance of bullying. This led Rachel to developing Stymie – harm reporting without fear. Rachel was recognised for her work with young people at risk of harm, receiving the Queensland Australian of the Year Award in 2020 and she has an important message for educators… How can we challenge a conversation if we lack courage? It’s a powerful message given the revelations facing some schools about sexual assault and issues of consent. So how can education leaders address these issues? What role do you see schools playing in addressing concerning societal issues that play out in schools? It is extremely difficult at the moment to stand in front of students (thousands of them every week) and ask them to Say Something if they are seeing or experiencing harm, when in every corner of our society and at our highest levels of leadership, confidentiality, …
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State of Technology in Education Report 2021 reveals key edtech trends

Building on the insights of national edtech surveys conducted in 2019 and 2020, Promethean has launched the new State of Technology in Education Report 2021!
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International Conference on Thinking Returns to Melbourne for 2021 Headlined by Dr. Edward de Bono

The International Conference on Thinking (ICOT) is an internationally renowned cross-disciplinary event that connects a diverse group of trailblazers and disruptors from a range of industries and disciplines. The conference aims to help educators, academics, professors, and business professionals provoke, challenge, learn, and discuss the many forms of thinking and its application in creating new ideas and problem solving. ICOT is the world’s largest conference on the practice of thinking and is returning to Melbourne for the first time since 2005. The five-day programme runs from 4 – 8 July 2021 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, and for the first time in the conference’s history, ICOT 2021’s new hybrid model combines virtual and live elements to ensure participants can still meet, exchange knowledge, ideas and experiences and have greater connectivity across the globe. Headlined by renowned lateral thinking pioneer, Dr. Edward de Bono, ICOT 2021 participants will have the opportunity to hear from over 30 world class speakers across various disciplines in an inspiring five-day programme that includes keynotes and feature presentations, interactive workshops, challenge groups and offsite learning journeys. From machine learning to a travelling high school, to education and technology; the ICOT 2021 conference speakers span …
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National Education Summit Brisbane

The National Education Summit Brisbane is professional learning designed by Australian educators, for Australian educators. Hear from educational experts and connect with the Australian community via a series of 4 conferences and a free seminar program. All events are mapped to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers providing you with self-identified continuing PD.
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Bring the science of reading into your classroom with literacy programs and resources from MultiLit

Many teachers are now looking to incorporate the latest scientific research on how to most effectively teach reading into their professional practice, to get students off to a great start on their literacy journey. Leading Australasian literacy provider, MultiLit, publishes a range of evidence-based literacy support and intervention programs for use by primary and secondary schools. As a research initiative of Macquarie University, MultiLit’s publications and associated professional development are continually informed by an ongoing program of research, led by Emeritus Professor Kevin Wheldall AM. Established 25 years ago, MultiLit’s mission is to bring about major educational change so that far fewer children are left to struggle in school with inadequate reading and related skills, the skills essential for academic success in all areas. The most recent addition to MultiLit’s suite of programs is InitiaLit, a three-year whole-class initial instruction program, for students from Foundation to Year 2. In the context of a Response to Intervention framework, InitiaLit is a Tier 1 program, and provides the essential core knowledge and strong foundations for students to become successful readers and writers. Since its release in 2017, InitiaLit has been implemented by more than 500 schools throughout Australia. In 2020, InitiaLit–Foundation, InitiaLit–1 …
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ELTHAM College leverages the powerful integration capabilities of SALTO smart access control

ELTHAM College is an independent, non-denominational, coeducational day school that caters for around 700 students from kindergarten to year 12. Its main campus is in the outer Melbourne suburb of Research (so named during the 19th century gold rush, when a ‘re-search’ of the area found rich deposits) with Year 9 taught from its site in Melbourne’s CBD.
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