Education
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SA prepares for population boom with strict school zoning
Demographic analysis indicates the state’s high school population will grow from 60,000 this year to a peak of just under…
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Principals, principles and decisions.
Encouraging students to turn their homework into paper mache swords for an end-of-year comp: good idea or problematic? Adam Voigt…
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Does the Suzuki method work for kids learning an instrument?
Research highlights a range of positive outcomes for children learning how to play an instrument via the Suzuki method but…
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Don’t say “passed away”: handling suicide and grief for teachers
What not to say to students in a suicide postvention, how to pick up warning signs, the truth about suicidal…
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T20 challenge: High schoolers play cricket, drive safe
QLD's Palaszczuk Government is sponsoring the Secondary School T20 Challenge cricket competition for the first time to support young people…
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$40,000 funding grants to broaden school subject choice
School partnerships can apply for up to $40,000 in funding for things like purchasing learning resources, equipment, and transport so…
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How to engage students in last lessons of the day
Lessons at the end of the day can be a bit of a challenge, especially if you teach a core…
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Rethinking the Rs in waste education
Could we come up with new ways for children and young adults to learn about reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, remediate…
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RESOURCES: Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and language
School News has pulled together a round-up of resources schools can use in class; hot on the heels of massive…
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Technology and learning in the classroom: six tips to get the balance right
Australia was one of the first countries in the world to have more computers than students in schools. But as…
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