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NAPLAN results raise eyebrows
The NAPLAN results have revealed some surprises when it comes to how students are performing in literacy and numeracy.
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Private school hit with $440,000 fine
A private school has had to pay nearly half a million dollars in penalties and legal costs over a dodgy contract.
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Fears over security of child data
One state’s schools have sounded the alarm over the potential for student and parent data to fall into the wrong hands as a result of proposed laws.
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Principals warn over moving NAPLAN online
One state’s principals have warned that their students could fall further behind other states’ literacy and numeracy results when NAPLAN is moved online.
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Principal responds to student poisoning incident
A Queensland school has launched an investigation after a student accidentally poisoned several of her classmates with a toxic substance.
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Teachers preparing ‘unlimited strikes’
One state’s teachers could walk off the job as early as next month as wage negotiations approach a deadlock.
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Principal swap offers a fresh perspective
Student exchange programs are nothing new, but a principal swap is a novel approach for these school leaders.
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Opinion: Innovation and schools – a policy paradox
Government initiatives barely touch the sides of the multi-dimensional pathway that schools are already building for their students, writes AHISA chair, Karen Spiller.
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The Educator Weekend Wrap: UN may probe schools, teachers win pay rise & drug tests for students
Making news this week, the UN is called to investigate abuse in schools, teachers win a pay rise and a private school says it may randomly drug test its students.
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Far Out Friday: The day Donald Trump played school principal
Donald Trump has been successful in many endeavours, but being one New York school’s ‘principal for a day’ was certainly not one of them.
