Principal reverses quarantine decision for Chinese exchange students
Incident highlights confusion around conflicting advice from governments on how schools should respond to the outbreak
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Victoria rolls out extended preschool program
State marks first step in its decade-long program to provide two-year early childhood education to thousands of children
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Initiative helps new teachers start the school year with confidence
A key element of the initiative is the creation learning communities based on a mentoring program
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Queensland rolls out new school sports program
The $1.5m program will use tennis as a vehicle to improve student health and wellbeing across the state
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Schools face ‘critical’ teacher shortage in 2020
More than a year since the launch of a federal inquiry into the status of teaching, there is little sign that the situation is improving
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The three biggest challenges for principals in 2020
The Educator talks to AHISA chair Rev Chris Ivey about the most significant challenges facing principals in wellbeing, developing teacher talent and navigating digital disruption in 2020
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Public school students shine in HSC results
Public school students have excelled in the HSC First in Course list, securing 66 of the 135 First in Course awards announced today
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PM announces merger of education departments
The Department of Education will be merged with the Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business as part of an extraordinary overhaul of Australia’s public service sector
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Major school bodies join forces
The partnership will provide students and staff across the Independent and Catholic sectors in NSW with improved learning and teaching opportunities
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Opinion: Why the education system requires a radical overhaul
Education requires a fundamental change to our systems, our workforce and our expectations, writes Dr David Roy