Carmel Debel can remember the time her mother tried to enrol her and her brothers in the local primary school. It was back in 1990, when she was seven, and when the administration staff and principal saw her mum standing ...
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European countries have been asked to focus on “ensuring the right of children to be involved in all decisions that affect them”, in a newly released report ahead of the school year in Europe. The report — from the “High-level ...
More »Scathing billboard parked outside Knox Grammar
A billboard truck with the message “you will not silence our pain” was parked outside a Sydney private school after a judge quashed a man’s conviction for punching a woman and calling her a “sl*t”. Knox Grammar graduate Nick Drummond successfully appealed ...
More »Schools steel themselves for wave of kids back at school before original return date
*Since this story was published it has been confirmed that schools will commence face-to-face learning one week earlier than planned. Kindergarten and years 1 and 12 will return from October 18 and teachers must be vaccinated. Principals across NSW are ...
More »How reflective practice can prevent burnout for teachers and students: opinion
Reflective practice has been adopted by teachers for many years to ensure that they are meeting the needs of students. It helps teachers understand their personal areas of development and addresses underlying beliefs and assumptions about learning and teaching in ...
More »One-in-five parents needed mental health support for their children during the pandemic, but struggled to get it
The strains of COVID-19 are continuing to seriously affect the mental health of our children, with one in five parents or carers admitting to needing support for the child's mental health during the pandmeic. As states around the nation plan ...
More »Praise, support encouragement and the brain: opinion
In her ongoing search to discover how to improve student academic performance and to encourage high levels of self-motivated educational engagement, Carol Dweck set out to test the hypothesis of three rules she considered as being valuable when teaching children. The ...
More »We can’t stop teenagers sexting, so let’s educate them about safety: expert
We can't stop teenagers sending and receiving sexually explicit texts, so it's time we started to include sexting as part of sex education, an expert says. Professor Andrew Goldsmith from Flinders University is part of a longitudinal study tracking a ...
More »Change to NSW Covid rules as government introduce ‘friends bubble’ for kids
Parents will be able to drop their children at a friend’s house from today as a new bubble arrangement comes into play. NSW residents younger than 18 will be allowed to form a “friends bubble” in groups of three from ...
More »Social worker concerned about ‘pay-offs’ for alleged victims of Malka Leifer
A social worker was worried an alleged victim of Malka Leifer wanted a “possible pay-off” and feared she could be sued if she made a statement to police, a court has been told. The 55-year-old former principal of ultra-orthodox Jewish ...
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