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Compass to sponsor Educator Leaders Summit 2020

The Educator speaks to Compass CEO John de la Motte about why the company has chosen to sponsor the event

Experts develop system for braille textbooks

A team of experts have come together to make some of the hardest textbooks to produce accessible for blind students

Queensland’s private schools expect an ‘extraordinary’ year

This year, enrolments are set to spike and Year 12s will sit external assessments for the first time in almost 50 years

Schools face ‘critical’ teacher shortage in 2020

More than a year since the launch of a federal inquiry into the status of teaching, there is little sign that the situation is improving

Students want a more tech-driven education – report

More than half of Aussie students rank IT and computer education as most important to their future career, a new study reveals

To lift student outcomes, teachers’ role must change – expert

To impart future skills, teachers must design rich tasks that require conceptual mastery of the curriculum, says Chris Goldspink, research director and Chief Scientist at Incept Labs

Opinion: The changing role of technology in the modern classroom

Francesco Garbellini, education account executive at JAMF, explains how schools can achieve an effective student-centred outcome using technology

The three biggest challenges for principals in 2020

The Educator talks to AHISA chair Rev Chris Ivey about the most significant challenges facing principals in wellbeing, developing teacher talent and navigating digital disruption in 2020

School launches landmark study to re-engage students

A private school teaching disengaged, at-risk students is about to undertake a landmark study on student wellbeing

Private schools welcome Mparntwe Declaration

Across Australia, schools and universities have welcomed the Declaration as a positive step forward that ends a long and frustrating impasse for the education sector