A Tasmanian union official has called for more support for teachers who are assaulted or verbally abused More than 250 Tasmanian students are being suspended every year for physically abusing or harassing their teachers. State Parliament recently released figures showing ...
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The South Australian Education Department has introduced social media guidelines to protect students and teachers from online threats. Education Minister Grace Portolesi said the instructions were drawn up to give "clear advice" on how schools should use social media, and ...
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An interview with award-winning school leader and refugee advocate Dorothy Hoddinott reveals the sector is lucky to have her Dorothy Hoddinott won the 2012 Australian College of Educators Medal and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in ...
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Classroom observations should focus on boosting the quality of teaching and learning, not evaluating individuals, an education publisher says The recent recommendation of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership to make lesson observations part of the teacher evaluation ...
More »Extra funds to jump language hurdle
It is expected that extra funding to support students with English as a second language in the ACT will be pushed through following the decision of the Greens to support Labor to form government. Before the recent election, the ACT ...
More »NAPLAN might move online
Students will sit national exams online for the first time next year, with education ministers pushing for an investigation to assess the feasibility of bringing NAPALAN online as well. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) assessment and reporting manager ...
More »Building a school brick by brick
An Australian teacher has answered her father-in-law's special request and helped build St Jude's in Tanzania, which now teaches 1500 students. When Gemma Sisia went on a safari to the national parks of Tanzania in 1995 little did she ...
More »Children equipped for Asian century
Australia has been complacent for too long and has at last realised it must teach the next generation as much as possible about our neighbours to the north. The rapid rise of Asia means that Australians find themselves in new ...
More »Piccoli defends $1.7bn in cuts
The NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, has described the move to slash funding to the state’s schools and the TAFE system as difficult but necessary. A report by the NSW government said: “The state government has had to make tough ...
More »Disadvantage affecting school completion rates
Parents from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds are less likely to encourage their children to finish high school. About 60 per cent of children from low-SES households in Australia currently complete high school, while 90 per cent of students from ...
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