education

School apps keep parents in touch

The frantic scramble for 30 swimming notes, hunting in lost property for spare goggles, towels, or a size six pair…

7 years ago

Student disengagement a bigger problem than violence: Grattan report

Australia’s education system needs comprehensive reform to tackle widespread student disengagement in the classroom, according to a new Grattan Institute…

7 years ago

Storage lockers for healthy spines and security

While private schools in Australia generally have lockers for high school students to store their heavy bags, many state schools…

7 years ago

Organisation the key for collaborative, calm teaching

Teachers manage a dizzying list of tasks, obligations and interruptions, with up to thirty-five students chattering, emoting, and needing things.…

7 years ago

High school students pilot Mars mission by sending code into space

Thanks to recent advances in science and technology, humans are closer than ever to putting boots on Mars. The University…

7 years ago

Why do we still make girls wear skirts and dresses as school uniform?

While the wearing of school uniforms has a long history across Australia, we are only just starting to talk about…

7 years ago

New model for school funding that won’t break the budget

Funding schools according to the needs of their students is something of a Holy Grail in Australia: something that we…

7 years ago

Australian STEM education lags behind US, UK and Kazakhstan

A recent release of results from the four-yearly Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study has left many speechless and…

7 years ago

New phonics test pointless: a waste of precious money buying it from England

In the May budget, the federal government allocated money to buy England’s phonic screening test for six-year-olds in Year 1.

7 years ago

How to teach literacy so no child is left behind

Children who do not learn to read in the first few years of schooling are typically destined to a school…

7 years ago

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