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Turning passive viewing into active learning
Engaging students through online content has its challenges, but an interactive resource developed by teachers is helping resolve them.
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Principals: ‘serious rethink of pedagogies’ needed
Principals fear that a government-run student retention program may be doing more harm than good.
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New schools bring relief amid surging enrolments
Thousands of new student places will be created after one state government announced the construction of four new schools.
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Study aims to boost teachers’ emotional strength
Expressions of interest are being sought for an intensive program aimed at helping teachers improve student outcomes.
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Schools on alert over ‘creepy clowns’
Several schools have increased their staff presence and issued alerts to their students as a bizarre trend sweeps Australia.
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Opinion: How to supercharge your school’s online engagement
Roberto Omozusi, director of Principal Creative Communications, shares some tips on how to build your school’s online community.
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Why aren't our children being heard at school?
The academic, emotional and behavioural performance of students often relies on the emotional strength of teachers, says Tristan Stein and Sharon Faye from the Sharon Faye Foundation.
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Education Department faces massive lawsuit
One school’s former students and staff are suing their state’s education department, claiming the soil under their school gave them cancer.
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Principal shows ‘offensive’ photo during speech
A Catholic school principal is under fire for using a photo said to promote sexism and abuse as a backdrop for his graduation speech.
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The Educator Weekend Wrap: School sued over death, human rights lessons for kids & suspensions spike
Making news this week, a mother sues a school over her son’s death, a new website gives kids a lesson in human rights and primary school suspensions on the rise.
