Education
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VIC finally maps ‘return to school’ route
$45 million for enhanced cleaning, priority testing for school staff and staggered grade-level returns are all part of the state's…
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Macarthur school adapts quickly to home schooling during COVID-19 pandemic
Headmaster Dr Nockles takes us through his school's layered process: "The planning we undertook included not only online lessons but…
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Keeping schools and learning safe online during COVID-19
As it stands, cybersecurity awareness in K-12 is low leaving school systems open to digital attack with exploitable security vulnerabilities…
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Sending children back to school during coronavirus has human rights implications
Debates about a return to classroom learning in Australia are fraught, and parents have mixed feelings as to what may…
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Schools have been ideological battlegrounds in the past. In the coronavirus crisis, they are again
Coalition governments explicitly, and over time aggressively, favoured private schools.
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‘I spoke about Dreamtime, I ticked a box’: teachers say they lack confidence to teach Indigenous perspectives
Teachers must critically reflect on their own identity and how it potentially influences their personal bias and worldview. They must…
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Victoria socially distances from ScoMo’s confusing school COVID-19 guidelines
Education Minister Dan Tehan wants schools back to normal from the end of May but teacher unions are raising serious…
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Teachers use 3D ingenuity to help medicos
A doctor with a student at Dudley Public School contacted Assistant Principal Jason Horadam to ask if it was possible…
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COVID-19: The steep learning curve for online education
Existing research suggests online education can be as effective as traditional classroom-based education, even if it's often seen as a…
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Op-ed: Tips for online learning when the classroom closes
This may be a great opportunity for self-directed learning, autonomy and confidence building. You will be able to tell the…
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