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Why memorising poetry still matters

Internalising a poem need not be a rote process. Done right, in fact, it is an intellectual exercise that illuminates…

5 years ago

How to make good arguments at school (and everywhere else)

One shortcoming in the Australian Curriculum is that it asks students to write persuasively, by using emotive language.

5 years ago

Statewide anti-bullying initiative reports “significant reduction”

The rollout across South Australia is keeping lid on bullying by also teaching coping/resilience skills to build long-term happiness and…

5 years ago

One in 10 Aussie kids care for someone with a disability or drug dependence – they need help at school

We found children who cared for a person with a mental illness or one using alcohol or other drugs had…

5 years ago

Op-ed: John Marsden, it’s time to be an upstander, not a bystander

At a time when Australia holds the number two spot in the world for cyber bullying (dropping down from number…

5 years ago

Adam Voigt: How we signal negative feelings in students

We do our students an awful disservice when our responses to wrong doing or even to negative feelings being experienced…

5 years ago

Critics bash $30.2m Local Schools Community Fund as applications open

“Compared to the billions of dollars Mr Morrison has handed out in grants to private schools, it’s insulting," AEU has…

5 years ago

Abuse allegations rock Sydney private school

Bondi biology teacher has been arrested and charged with 11 counts of sexual intercourse with a person under care. 

5 years ago

The STEAM era has dawned for our schools

The programs and projects that schools are using and touting as STEAM enable students to apply their knowledge in different…

5 years ago

NSW has 48 selective schools. Victoria has 4. There’s an interesting history behind this…

Many so-called comprehensive public high schools in high-unemployment areas have neither sustained enrolments nor a broad or comprehensive curriculum.

5 years ago

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