A Gold Coast high school principal who successfully sued parents for defamation after they called her an “evil, nasty, horrible woman” in social media posts has taken leave amid speculation about her future. Long-serving Tamborine Mountain State High principal Tracey ...
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Action to tackle adverse Indigenous Maths outcomes
Education leaders and maths associations gathered in Adelaide this week to develop a commitment statement and action plan to close the gap in maths education outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. The National Summit on Indigenous Students and Mathematics Education, ...
More »National anti-vaping program now in schools
A new federal vaping prevention program has been rolled out in Australian high schools to curb a worrying rise in vaping among teenagers, after data revealed nearly one in 10 people over the age of 14 used e-cigarettes. The OurFutures ...
More »Aus Indigenous Education Foundation celebrates 15 years of real outcomes
The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) has allowed First Nations children to “set high expectations” of themselves for 15 years, driving up year 12 completion and university rates across the country. Since garnering federal funding under the Rudd government, the ...
More »New research shows Andrew Tate’s effect on school boys
Content warning: This article refers to sexual assault, sexual harassment, sex trafficking and human trafficking. Support resources can be found here. A new piece of research has found Romanian-based self-proclaimed misogynist 'manfluencer' Andrew Tate promoted a culture of domination and ...
More »All high school principal’s associations unite
All state and territory secondary school principal associations are now affiliated with one peak body for the first time in a decade. The New South Wales Secondary Principals’ Council (NSWSPC) and the Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals (VASSP) will ...
More »Cranbrook: Sampson resigns, girl’s school chair to lead review
Sydney's Cranbrook school has enlisted the chair of a lower North Shore girls’ school to investigate claims of a toxic culture, and allegations its ex-headmaster didn't disclose a teacher’s sexual misconduct to the school’s council. Cranbrook's council president Geoff Lovell ...
More »Vic Education Department’s response to paedophile teachers “appalling and systemic failure”
A culture of secrecy and cover-ups inside Victoria’s Department of Education let pedophile teachers abuse scores of children over more than three decades, a damning new report has found. The Board of Inquiry chair, Kathleen Foley, released her report into historical child sexual abuse ...
More »Co-ed trend grows: Liverpool high schools to merge
Two public high schools in Sydney’s southwest have become the latest NSW schools to go co-ed. On Monday, families at Liverpool Boys High School and Liverpool Girls High School were informed the two neighbouring campuses will merge into one brand-new co-ed school, with capacity ...
More »Cranbrook responds to Old School
The Cranbrook School council has hit back at claims made in Monday night's ABC Four Corners program, that the school has a history of sexual abuse and misconduct among staff and students, declaring that it handles disputes with “care and confidentially” ...
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