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The Educator Weekend Wrap: Education system questioned, schools rebel & the value of ‘storyshowing'
Making news this week, experts slam ‘tolerance of failure’, one state’s schools rebel over NAPLAN and how principals can be ‘storyshowers’.
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Why students leave mainstream schools
A new report has highlighted the main factors that drive students to opt out of mainstream education in favour of ‘alternative schools’
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Robot marking comes under renewed fire
Days after a union announced a ballot to withdraw schools from online NAPLAN tests, a US academic has voiced serious concerns about automated marking
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Respected leader appointed to key PAI role
The Principals Australia Institute has appointed a new chair of the Australian Principal Certification Advisory Board
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How principals should handle difficult conversations
The Educator speaks to a specialist consultant about how principals can navigate challenging conversations in the workplace
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Students now get to decide on principals and budgets
One state’s students will soon be on every government secondary school council with full voting rights
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Why principals should be ‘storyshowers’, not just storytellers
There is a little understood practice that can allow principals to truly engage – and influence – their audiences
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University challenges ATAR with new program
One university is offering a ground-breaking program that will see students offered a university based on their HSC results rather than their ATAR
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NAPLAN testing regime in doubt as teachers rebel
Queensland teachers are rallying against plans to roll out NAPLAN online amid concerns about the new platform’s reliability
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The benefits of financial literacy for primary students
Research shows that schools should be teaching their students about financial literacy from a young age. A financial literacy educator explains why
