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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…
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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…
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Polls and fun
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…
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Industry voices
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.
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Administration
Managing mental health in school students
Here are some different, easy, helpful tips for managing stress in children and promoting self-care in teenagers.
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News
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’.
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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…
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Industry voices
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…
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Industry voices
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…
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News
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…
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