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Empowering classrooms with real-world learning: Australian Good Meat Education
In todayâs increasingly urbanised world, many students are disconnected from the origins of their food, and the complex systems that bring it to their plates. Australiaâs agricultural sector is an $80billion-plus industry that exports approximately…
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In The Classroom
How to teach students media literacy
The editor of a media literacy resource for teachers and school children said it's essential that children know what's happening in the world and have the tools to interpret it.
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Workforce
Law reform commission stands by review of religious exemptions in Section 38
Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) president Mordy Bromberg has said recommendations made to government about sex discrimination in religious schools…
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In The Classroom
Debating event cops heat for âtrad-wifeâ topic
Debating SA sparked outrage online after it encouraged Year 9 students to debate both sides of the argument that "the trad-wife (traditional wife) movement is good for womenâ.
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Industry+Reform
NSW education minister takes leave for breast cancer treatment
Deputy Premier and Education Minister Prue Car has announced she will take leave for an âundeterminedâ amount of time to battle breast cancer. In a statement released early Tuesday morning, Ms Car confirmed she would…
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School Management
Vic principals able to expel students for misconduct outside school
Victorian students engaging in serious misconduct outside of school hours could face suspension or expulsion under new powers granted to principals designed to crackdown on bad behaviour. School leaders will soon have the authority to discipline…
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Funding
Labor settled the âfunding warsâ just before the election. Here are 4 big issues schools still face
Days before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the federal election, the Labor government settled a long-running argument with the states over school funding. This locked in a new 25 per centâ75 per cent split on…
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Opinion
Why planning for schools in growth areas matters this election
Last year alone, more than 75,000 babies were born in the outer metropolitan growth areas of our capital cities. Thatâs over 40 per cent of all births in Victoria, 54 per cent in Queensland, 55…
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From noticeboard to culture hub
For decades, schools and universities have relied on traditional communication tools, bulletin boards, posters, flyers, emails, and PA announcements, to share updates, promote events, and build a sense of community. But in todayâs fast-moving, digital-first…
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Only 20 per cent of students tell teachers about domestic violence
Less than one in five students tells a teacher or school counsellor when they are affected by family and domestic violence, a Monash University study found. The research analysed the responses of 1651 young people,…
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Transforming teaching: How learning science is shaping education in Australia Â
The science of learning has become a lightning rod for debate among Australian educators, researchers and policymakers. Beneath these debates, however, are important insights about how individuals learn and how teachers can support them to…
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How Generative AI is shaping young minds; and why online safety has never been more important
Across Australia, students are exploring the cutting edge of technology through the Optus Digital Thumbprint program â innovative, free national workshops. Now, comes a brand new offering; a virtual classroom all about Generative AI. This…
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New shadow education minister selected, Sarah Henderson “disappointed”
Former opposition education spokeswoman and senior Liberal party member Sarah Henderson has been replaced by Tasmanian senator Jonathon Duniam. Opposition Leader Sussan Ley announced her new shadow ministry on Wednesday afternoon, including the new opposition…
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Revised workers compensation Bill to be tabled in NSW after push back from unions
A revised plan to up-end the NSW state workers compensation scheme will be tabled in parliament on Tuesday following widespread opposition from the stateâs unions. Multiple unions representing teachers, nurses and a range of other…
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A home loan that goes the extra mile
At G&C Mutual Bank, we understand that being a teacher isnât always easy. You show up every day, shaping minds and building futures, often without the recognition you deserve. While youâre busy supporting students, the…
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Applications to teaching degrees increase significantly thanks to scholarships, incentives
Student teacher enrolments are bouncing back nationally after they dipped during the Covid-19 pandemic, fuelling positivity that the pipeline of graduates can ease the professionâs workforce shortage. It comes after the extreme pressures of working…
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Attendance levels drop 15 per cent in five years
School attendance levels have dipped for another year, with the number of students attending classes falling below pre-Covid-19 levels. Across Australia in 2024, the attendance rate for students in primary and high schools was 88.3…
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ICAC probes selection process of School Infrastructure chief
Former NSW education secretary and current University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor Mark Scott has defended spending millions of dollars on contractors to help build schools, amid a corruption inquiry into the man he helped hire to…
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Primary school built in 45 days not enough for growing Sydney suburb
Sydneyâs fastest-growing suburb needs double the number of schools itâs been promised, with the local mayor labelling the state governmentâs âpop-upâ schools a âBand-Aidâ. Hill Shire Mayor Michelle Byrne has appealed to the NSW government…
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School principal job vacancies up 10 per cent in Australia
A job listing analysis has found the school principal role is the second-fastest growing high-salary job vacancy in Australia, with a 10 per cent rise in job listings in 2024. Job site Indeed collated the…
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Jason Clare retains Education in cabinet shake-up
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed Education Minister Jason Clare would stay in his former role when he announced his new cabinet on Monday. Andrew Giles will remain Skills and Training Minister and newcomer to cabinet…
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Two prestigious Sydney schools buck co-ed trend
Two prestigious Sydney schools will no longer have co-educational learning at their junior campuses, going against a wave of single-sex colleges shifting towards boys and girls learning together. Kincoppal-Rose Bay, in the eastern suburbs, which…
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Grooming charges against Brisbane teacher Chelsea Jane Edwards dropped
A Brisbane high school teacher charged over allegedly grooming a 15-year-old boy has had her charges dropped. Chelsea Jane Edwards, 30, a sports co-ordinator at Indooroopilly State High School at the time she was charged, faced two…
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ICAC investigates NSW department, former education minister over business contracts
A former senior Coalition minister has fronted a corruption inquiry into one of his own top bureaucrats, over claims the NSW Department of Education chief hired friends to complete jobs worth more than $12m. Rob…
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Labor champions education accessibility in sweeping win
Australians have resoundingly re-elected Anthony Albanese as prime minister delivering Labor a huge majority, while Peter Dutton has lost his own seat in what was one of the most devastating results for the Coalition in…
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Quality Teaching in Practice is returning in 2025
Quality Teaching in Practice returns for its fourth consecutive year, as one of the leading educational research and practice conference for teachers, school leaders and policymakers. The theme for the 2025 edition of the Quality…
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Albanese funds body image tools, encourages schools to screen Adolescence
Children will be given greater tools to tackle body images issues and live healthier lives under a $3.6m Albanese government election pledge. If re-elected, Labor will invest $3.6m in the next phase of 2023 Australian…
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Labor, Coalition and Greens education policies compared
Australians will go to the polls this Saturday to choose the next government. The Australian Labor Party, the Liberal-National Coalition and the Australian Greens have a variety of different policies for education in the funding,…
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3 simple breathing exercises to create calm, focused classrooms
Standing at the front of a particularly challenging Year 4 classroom last year, I felt the familiar signs of overwhelm creeping in. Student voices escalated, transitions between activities became chaotic, and the post-lunch energy surge…
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Disability groups criticise 18-month wait for education action
A coalition of 19 disability organisations has called out the governmentâs delay on âmeaningful actionâ for inclusive education after an alarming new report found a sharp rise in bullying of disabled students. There has been…
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âWe get bucketloads of homeworkâ: Young people speak about what itâs like to start high school
Starting high school is one of the most significant transitions young people make in their education. Many different changes happen at once â from making new friends to getting used to a new school environment…
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Education Minister’s western Sydney seat to be test for Labor
Education Minister Jason Clare's seat of Blaxland is considered safe, but the impacts of western Sydney's "melting pot" population on this election remains to be seen. ABC chief election analyst Antony Green says Blaxland is…
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Coalition’s pitch to get more students into VET after high school
A Coalition government has pledged $260m to get more high school students to take up trades instead of pursuing university, after the opposition indicated it would cut the Laborâs fee-free TAFE program if it wins…
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Greens campaign for free school lunches for students
Every Australian child attending a public school would have access to a free lunch each day under a Greens policy that would cost the budget $11.6bn over three years. Greens leader Adam Bandt will announce…
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Education problems “not an issue of funding,” but indoctrination: Dutton
Opposition Leader and prime ministerial candidate Peter Dutton has said education standards have declined not because of funding, but due to indoctrination of students in classrooms. Mr Dutton on Sunday addressed the Liberal Party at…
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Inside The Scots College’s $60m castle development
An elite Sydney private school is about to unveil a $60 million student centre built in the style of a Scottish baronial castle once described as a âcut price Hogwartsâ â but some locals and…
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We should be using explicit teaching for maths, too: Grattan
A new plan to boost the maths skills of Australiaâs primary school pupils will cost just $67 per student a year, a think tank has said. The Grattan Institute has found about one in three…
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Can hypermasculine influencers be good role models for boys, too?
Itâs good to see that men in positions of power and influence are concerned about the impact that masculinity influencers, the manosphere and the misogyny they can inspire is having on boys and young men.…