Australian schools

Dr Lea Waters on strengths-based school culture

Hear from Dr Lea Waters, author of The Strength Switch, on how schools can encourage optimism, resilience and achievement with a…

7 years ago

Why parents listen to shock jocks more than teachers

Last week NAPLAN results were released. Adam Voigt woke to judgement of teachers, once again, and filmed an encouraging video…

7 years ago

NAPLAN is ten years old – so how is the nation faring?

The NAPLAN 2017 summary results have been released, eliciting the usual mix of criticism, high hopes and panic, but 2017 marks the…

7 years ago

Birmingham says funding drought for WA is history

In an interview on Channel 9 Today Perth with Tracy Vo, education minister Simon Birmingham spoke again on needs based…

7 years ago

Children using social media not all bad news?

While we often hear about the negative impact social media has on children, the use of sites like Facebook, Twitter…

7 years ago

The Handmaid’s Tale: anti-Christian contraband or a teaching tool?

Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel has long been on the syllabus in Canada and the USA, with history of mild opposition.…

7 years ago

Building a child’s spoken word bank can boost capacity to read

Children’s oral vocabulary – their knowledge of the sounds and meanings of words – is strongly positively associated with their reading all…

7 years ago

New Gonski review panel hamstrung by narrow brief: AEU

The Australian Education Union (AEU) has expressed serious concern about the federal government’s move to prevent the new panel reviewing…

7 years ago

Parent engagement matters in primary school

Education is a home-school partnership, yet direct involvement in classroom activities, excursions and parent committees drops after preschool. Some schools are…

7 years ago

Future Makers finalist delivers free text book access

‘Hyveminds’ is a social enterprise scheme that provides free access to digital textbooks for students in underprivileged areas in Australia…

7 years ago

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