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Govt announces major STEM initiative for schools
The Federal Government has thrown its backing behind a new initiative from school principals aimed at enhancing leadership and changing the way Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is taught in classrooms
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Award-winning school shares its recipe for STEM success
The Educator speaks to the principal of a school that has won multiple awards for STEM innovation and best practice
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PD event offers new innovations and teaching ideas
The Educator speaks to some of the attendees of a recent education event which provided a range of professional development tools and resources
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Science mentors can make a difference – study
New research shows that the involvement of “community science experts” in primary schools can transform student attitudes towards science
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The Educator Weekend Wrap: Schools strike, Resourcing Board announced & key educators recognised
Making news this week, thousands of teachers go on strike, the Federal Government appoints a National School Resourcing Board and some of education’s most influential leaders are recognised in an awards ceremony
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School’s STEM unit crafts ‘flexible minds’
The Educator looks at one school that is making leaps and bounds when it comes to inspiring a love of STEM education in its girls
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Catholic school fee increase claims ‘simplistic’
Claims that school fee increases are required due to funding cuts have been labelled as ‘simplistic’ by the union representing Catholic school staff
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Student attitudes to equality ‘transcend topical issues’
The 2017 Children’s Word of the Year has been revealed as ‘equality’, but this was influenced by much more than topical news stories
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Changes to principals' hiring powers ‘don’t go far enough’
This week, one state curbed the hiring power of its principals in an effort to create a more equitable staffing system for schools
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Education’s most influential figures of 2017 uncovered
The results of The Educator’s third annual Hot List have been announced
