Schools in Australia will remain open for the foreseeable future amid the coronavirus crisis, with governments heeding advice that closing them would have dire consequences. But Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the nation's top medical officers and leaders are constantly ...
More »Academics dismantle private school claims about taxpayer dollars
Non-government schools don't bring about the savings to the taxpayer that they're purported to. That’s the call from a group of Australian researchers following their analysis of My School website data. The team from the Universities of Sydney, Wollongong and ...
More »Coronavirus: doctor predicts winter school closures, Tehan earmarks prolonged Easter break
To get ahead of the game in controlling the spread of coronavirus, serious consideration should be given to closing all schools, a leading doctor says. President of the Australian Medical Association's Western Australia division Andrew Miller told reporters on Tuesday that ...
More »US, Canada travel ban for WA school kids
The travel ban for international excursions for Western Australian schools has been extended due to the spread of COVID-19 across the United States. Due to its close proximity to the US border, Canada has also been included. All public, private ...
More »Emotionally intelligent students have a leg up on peers
The smart, dedicated student might be not get the high marks of the smart, dedicated and emotionally intelligent student, new research suggests. Published in the journal Psychological Bulletin, the study showed that school and university students with higher emotional intelligence tend to ...
More »Teachers’ understanding of ADHD patchy
Evidence shows that ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disability and its symptoms shouldn’t be simply put down as bad behaviour. That’s something Associate Professor Helen Boon from James Cook University wants cleared up in schools. Boon said there was still some ...
More »Conflicting NSW, federal government coronavirus advice
The NSW government has requested children who have recently travelled to China amid the coronavirus outbreak to avoid school, hours after the federal education minister chastised schools for making the same recommendation. Parents in NSW were asked to keep their ...
More »Government issues coronavirus advice for parents of school children
Australia’s health department has released advice to parents of school children on dealing with the risk of the coronavirus. Parents of children who had contact with a confirmed case of coronavirus are being urged to keep them at home and to ...
More »Feeling the love: the rise of collective teacher efficacy in schools
Just as the concept of flexible learning spaces revolutionised how we think about our classrooms, the concept of collective teacher efficacy, or CTE, is changing the way we approach professional development. For anyone who is missing this particular acronym from ...
More »How supporting parents helps students
The sight of a struggling student can be heart-breaking for teachers and school staff but with a classroom full of other students how can we ensure that everyone gets the specialist support that need? What if there was a way ...
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