A student at an elite Melbourne private school has reportedly cost his classmates $185,000 in a failed financial scheme. The Herald Sun has been told the boy from Scotch College invited senior students to invest in an online fashion startup, ...
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The twin of the man accused of killing teacher Stephanie Scott has arrived at Adelaide airport with the NSW detectives overseeing his extradition to Sydney. Marcus Stanford, 24, was arrested at his home in Forreston, in the Adelaide Hills, on ...
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Too many Victorian students are falling behind and dropping out, so the state government is calling on the community for innovative ideas to improve the system. The government has launched a two-month consultation period on two education and schools discussion ...
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Risk anxiety amongst teachers and parents is invading the school playground and could lead to inactivity and boredom, a Charles Darwin University researcher is suggesting in a new report. International Graduate Centre of Education researcher and lecturer Dr Brendon Hyndman ...
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Smart pens protect the art of handwriting in digital age
As schools increasingly move towards embedding technology within the teaching process traditional learning techniques can be lost. However, the digital pen is one technological device that is set to bring back writing and drawing in a very modern way. During ...
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Existing exam systems within schools and universities are trapped in the 19th century and aren’t properly preparing graduates for the workforce, educators at a recent conference in Brisbane heard. Microsoft education industry solutions manager Ray Fleming said there is a ...
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Popular educational apps make learning more accessible, easy
In an exclusive interview, Education Review spoke with 3P Learning chief executive Andrew Smith to find out about 3P's range of educational apps to support teachers, parents and students, as well as to discuss its move to the Windows platform. 3P’s ...
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