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The Educator Weekend Wrap: Principal axes ‘hook up wall', maths app boosts results & 'race lessons'
Making news this week, a principal responds to a ‘hook up wall’, a new toolkit raises eyebrows and a new maths app boosts outcomes.
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Principals call for study leave
One state’s principals want a term off for every four years to focus on educational research and improve their own well-being.
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Why this school wants its teachers to leave its classrooms
A deputy principal tells The Educator how his school has created an innovative platform for connecting entrepreneurs with teachers.
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Far Out Friday: From the mouths of parents
Students often make a lot of bizarre statements and requests to teachers, but it seems parents are just as guilty.
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Aussie kids among ‘least active in the world’
A new report shows the age-old notion of Australia being a nation of active healthy kids has gone out the window. The Educator investigates why.
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Spike in reported assaults has silver lining
The fact that more educators are coming forward about being assaulted shows an important shift in attitudes, says one state’s teachers union.
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‘Race lessons’ coming to preschools
A new toolkit is now available to teachers to help them explain race to preschool children as young as three years old.
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What impact is technology really having in the classroom?
Digital devices are a ubiquitous part of the modern education landscape, but are schools making the most of them?
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How learning environments affect student health
A new study has found a link between the quality of indoor learning environments and student absenteeism. Could this be a factor at your school?
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Private school kids better off, study finds
Private school students become higher earners, live in wealthier suburbs and are happier than their public school peers, new research has revealed.
