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Principals commit to a life of learning
Two regional high school leaders have been awarded prestigious scholarships to attend Harvard.
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COVID-19: Australia’s class of 2020 can (and will) overcome adversity
When stress overwhelms a young person, parents and teachers can set the emotional tone – alert but not alarmed. There are five…
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Thinking about thinking helps kids learn. How can we teach critical thinking?
Teachers at one Brisbane school, who have extensive training in critical thinking pedagogies, developed a task that asked students to…
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Trade apprentices will help our post COVID-19 recovery. We need to do more to keep them in work
Australia risks a generation of lost apprenticeships as young people lose connections with their employers and cannot complete their training.…
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Educators worried about VET opportunities for school leavers
Universities and TAFE programmes have, to date, been left out of stimulus packages and educators are worried about the knock-on…
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An honest reckoning with Captain Cook’s legacy won’t heal things overnight. But it’s a start
"I came through a school system of the 50s and 60s, and we weren’t weren’t even mentioned in the history…
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7 tips to help kids feeling anxious about going back to school
Mental health is an educational issue for Aussie kids. Students with poor mental health can be 7 to 11 months…
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Regional schools need to catch up: Minister praises face-to-face return
"I welcome efforts to resume normal classes and make sure disadvantaged kids are back on deck and included - and…
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Back to school … for now? It makes sense to plan for more remote learning
Communities hit by increasing spates of bushfires, flooding and other natural crises might well have to resort to similar switches…
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Teens with a disability twice as likely to be bullied than peers, new data shows
"There should be a National Education Strategy in place which increases awareness about the Disability Standards for Education, ensures additional…
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