students

No state has all the answers in school education

School education in Australia needs to improve in three distinct ways. The Grattan Institute’s State Orange Book 2018 shows how…

5 years ago

Term 4 push to stave off truancy

The last term of school is typically when we can start to see an increase in unexplained student absences from…

6 years ago

Do video games have a place in schools?

Realising the popularity of e-sports – particularly among young males, with game tournaments attracting 80 million viewers – schools have…

6 years ago

There’s no argument or support for allowing schools to discriminate against LGBTIQ teachers

Teachers facing discrimination for their sexual and gender identity can’t support students to deal with theirs.

6 years ago

Managing mental health in school students

Here are some different, easy, helpful tips for managing stress in children and promoting self-care in teenagers.

6 years ago

Study reveals patterns in STEM grades of girls versus boys

One finding: On average, girls’ grades were higher than boys’, and girls’ grades were less variable than boys’.

6 years ago

How teachers can help support children during their parents’ divorce

Teachers can buffer the stress of divorce or separation and help children adjust to their changed family arrangement. The strategies…

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

Can you tell fact from fiction in the news? Most students can’t

Despite the issues with trust, news media is a critical part of keeping up to date and informed for most…

6 years ago

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