education

What it’s like being on maternity leave from school

"I have worked pretty consistently for the past 15 years, so knowing that this break I would be taking is…

6 years ago

It’s a classroom not a court room, advocates Adam Voigt

Schools should have an entirely different purpose to court rooms and when we invite mechanisms from our courts into our…

6 years ago

270k new students for public schools in next decade Vs 11k in Catholic sector, claims new forecast

The forecasts were provided by the Federal Department of Education and Training under Freedom of Information. They show that, in…

6 years ago

Why Catholic primary school parents can afford to pay more

The Coalition’s school funding fix is a good deal for Catholic and independent schools. It’s a bad deal for the…

6 years ago

Industry hits back at focus on low ATAR results among teaching students

The Australian Council of Deans of Education said it regrets the "latest destructive attack on the selection of teaching students…

6 years ago

Attention seeking missiles: managing challenging behaviour

If attention can be measured in dollars, we might consider that a student has gone to $1 worth of effort…

6 years ago

That weird end-of-term feeling

Relief and worry. I can honestly say that without these breaks throughout the year, I personally wouldn’t be able to…

6 years ago

Teacher stress and wellbeing: how can we build a sustainable workforce?

Teacher stress is high, in fact teachers exhibit higher levels of stress than any other profession.

6 years ago

Year 11 and 12 students in NSW will no longer learn about women’s contributions to physics

The new syllabus has 25 scientists mentioned 56 times. But no women are referred to by name, nor are any…

6 years ago

Promoting the wellbeing of students and teachers is the key to successful learning

Teachers already know how important wellbeing is, but knowing what to do about it is the real challenge.

6 years ago

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