South Australia's education minister Blair Boyer has vouched to make “school safer” and tackle violence on playgrounds following a rise in schoolyard incidents. On Tuesday, an education roundtable was held to discuss new strategies to address school violence across the ...
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Northern Territory teachers could receive more than $7m in back payments as part of a new enterprise agreement proposal. If voted on, the new agreement would see educators receive a three per cent back payment for periods after October 2021 ...
More »NSW to overhaul maths and english curriculum
NSW English and maths syllabuses are set to be overhauled starting next year and will focus on building students' punctuation, grammar, syntax, sentence structure and core numeracy skills. The curriculum changes were announced on Monday by the state education department ...
More »Public schools most improved in NAPLAN results
Primary state schools and regional schools have made the biggest improvements in their NAPLAN results over the past five years, according to a new independent report. A recent NewsCorp analysis used MySchool data to track nationwide NAPLAN results between 2017 ...
More »SA wants to ban phones to reduce school violence
Mobile phones in South Australian public high schools are set to be banned from 2023. The decision follows months of consultations between the state education department, teachers, principals, parent groups and unions after incidents involving students using phones to record ...
More »Registration open for 2023 Thinking & Learning conference
Australia’s leading conference for educators makes its highly anticipated return in 2023 to offer three days of exceptional professional learning. For over 16 years the Thinking & Learning Conference proudly hosted by Hawker Brownlow Education, has been synonymous with the ...
More »Data reveals school counsellor shortage in NSW
School counsellors in NSW have been forced to ‘select’ which students they see due to severe shortages staffing across the state. In October, more than 70 full-time positions for counsellors were vacant in state schools, with only one counsellor available ...
More »Understanding and coping with burnout
An expert has urged Australia's educators to take the time to care for their mental health after a survey revealed widespread exhaustion and burn out across NSW schools. A recent NSW state survey, released last week, revealed that more than ...
More »How schools can help address youth self-harm: podcast
More than 6000 NSW kids aged between ten and 14 have visited an emergency service over the past five years due to self-harm, new research has shown. According to Dr Michelle Tye from the Black Dog Institute and UNSW Medicine ...
More »Year 12 students wrap up exams: podcast
Year 12 students around Australia are about to finish high school. While the end of the year is all about celebrating, an education expert has said some students would rather have a "quiet" departure. Senior education lecturer from the University ...
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