-
The Educator Weekend Wrap: Gonski panel revealed, schools ‘overflowing’ & free education ‘unfair'
Making news this week, the Gonski 2.0 review panel is announced, an enrolment crisis looms and a controversial suggestion for improving equity in public schooling
-
OECD probes impact of school funding for first time
In a first for the OECD, it has studied whether increased school funding equates to improved student outcomes
-
Principal questions value of China STEM trip
Education policy leaders are off to China to get lessons on how to improve Australia’s stagnating STEM outcomes. But is this the right strategy?
-
Principal-in-residence program an Australian first
A new program aims to improve departmental culture by bridging the gap between principals and education bureaucrats
-
One-third of schools ‘full or overflowing’
New data from the NSW Education Department has shed light on a creeping enrollment crisis in the state’s schools
-
Why the responsibility of schools’ cybersecurity rests with principals
A cybersecurity expert tells The Educator that principals – not ICT staff – will likely be held responsible for protecting their schools from cyber threats
-
Labor calls for Royal Commission into schools
Deputy Labor leader, Tanya Plibersek, has called for a Royal Commission into the treatment of children with disabilities
-
Daily police patrols to ‘protect students’
Police will conduct daily patrols around a Sydney school in a bid to protect students from drug users and their paraphernalia
-
Free public schooling for all ‘unfair’
The Educator speaks to one academic who says taxpayers shouldn’t have to help wealthy parents pay for their children’s education
-
Principal gets clean slate to build culture of excellence
The Educator speaks to the newly appointed principal who will soon bring his vision for great teaching and learning to life in a unique way
