The School That Tried To End Racism is a three-part series that documents one school's attempt at identifying and challenging racial bias. Hosted by award-winning journalist and author Mark Fennell, the show follows the school over three weeks as it ...
More »All school children need access to a digital device, now: expert
Across the country, states and schools are in varying degrees of lockdown learning and as we are well into this second wave, what are the lessons we have learnt from Home-learning 2.0? For starters, many parents still feel underprepared and ...
More »Educators’ vital role in children’s conceptual understanding
In the Mantador zone, on the razor-cleft planet of Scyla, Humphrey stared desolately at the strothometer. Trouble was abroad. He slapped the stone console and hauled his two-elon body awkwardly onto his webbed hoofs. The vibratagraph meant the Corastians’ galactojets ...
More »‘Irresponsible’ Victorian school principal slammed over virus outbreak
A Victorian principal who allegedly encouraged students to attend school despite lockdown restrictions has been slammed as “irresponsible”. Visibly angry Education Minister James Merlino tore into Fitzroy Community School principal Timothy Berryman on Tuesday after an outbreak at the independent ...
More »A former school principal accused of sexually assaulting three students will skip court this week on religious grounds
Former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer has requested not to attend court so she can observe the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. The 54-year-old former principal of ultra-Orthodox Jewish Adass Israel School appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court via ...
More »From vaccination to ventilation: 5 ways to keep kids safe from COVID when schools reopen
Last week the New South Wales government announced schools are scheduled to re-open in October. While face-to-face learning undoubtedly has benefits for both children and parents, the announcement left unanswered a series of important questions about how this can be ...
More »The history wars are back: experts react to federal Education Minister
Education Minister Alan Tudge has opened a sore in the education system with his comments about the draft national curriculum and what he sees as a curriculum that "paints an overly negative view of Australia". In an interview with Triple ...
More »Alan Tudge in fiery Triple J interview over draft national curriculum
Australia’s education minister wants students to learn about Australia’s “great successes” and leave school with a “patriotic view” of the country’s history, as contention over the draft national curriculum heats sup. In a fiery interview with Triple J’s Hack on ...
More »HSC kids turn to drugs: expert
Pandemic-weary high school students feel so much HSC pressure they are turning to prescription pills to cope with the stress, a medical expert has warned. The HSC is a stressful time in normal years, but the pandemic and the challenges ...
More »Sick kids with chronic illness three times more likely to fall behind at school
The first large scale study of the school outcomes of children hospitalised with chronic illnesses has found they are three times more likely to fall behind than their peers. The study, from UNSW Sydney and University of Sydney, looked at ...
More »