A survey has found that while most parents intend to save money for their children’s education, only one-third follow through – and most believe the federal government should help. The Australian Scholarships Groups (ASG) surveyed 1000 parents. ASG found that even though 93 per cent ...
More »Catholic school principal slams church for stifling criticism
A Victorian Catholic school principal has argued there is an “unsustainable and inappropriate” power imbalance between Catholic school leaders and the church, one that needs fixing if institutionalised child abuse is not to be repeated. Paul Tobias, principal of Geelong’s ...
More »Don Bradman may now help students learn maths
How did Donald Bradman achieve a cricket batting average of 99.94? That’s a question school students may be answering with Bradman by the Numbers, a new addition to Cricket Australia’s free teaching resource, Cricket Smart. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum ...
More »Foreign peers tell principal Australia’s schools are world-class
Australia’s schooling system is world-class. That’s what one principal has relayed from a gathering of teachers and principals at Harvard University. Clayton Reedie, principal of Dalmeny Public School – in Sydney’s south-west – has recently returned from a trip to ...
More »Are entrepreneurs born or made?
Australian youth unemployment is almost the highest it’s been in 10 years. For Generation Alpha, who are now about 5 at the oldest, it's looking more and more like the challenge they'll face as adult workers will be to innovate or fail. ...
More »Latest Tas school start age proposal will ‘confuse parents’: Labor
Kids in Tasmania can now attend school from age 4½, but they don’t have to, the Tasmanian Government announced last week. The government's move from its previous position – mandatory school at age 4½ – comes after much pressure from political opponents and advocacy groups. ...
More »Samsung helps bring the arts to children with disabilities
Sound, sight and touch are how Samsung Australia hopes to get children with disabilities involved in arts education. The electronics giant is hosting Samsung Dance Discovery at the Sydney Opera House. This brings kids with disabilities, and their parents, to the ...
More »Australia’s teachers can learn from Nauru
While teaching the teachers of Nauru, associate professor Pep Serow has learnt one thing – Australian teachers could do far more with the resources they have. Serow, along with professor Neil Taylor, leads the University of New England’s Nauru Teacher Education Project, which ...
More »From aspiring hairdresser to student engineer
After high school, Nisha Pradhan wanted to be a hairdresser. Her male high school careers adviser thought that “was a great idea”. But when Pradhan, now a University of New South Wales fourth-year electrical engineering and commerce student, told her ...
More »Study examines cannabis treatments for children with epilepsy
Nearly one-third of people with epilepsy have forms resistant to current medication, leading some people to turn to medical cannabis, driven by hope that it will work, based on anecdotal evidence. Researchers at the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative, in partnership ...
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