An injection of early-career staff has helped principal Suzanne Fern build a solid foundation at St Aloysius primary. ‘We wonder’ is a phrase heard often around St Aloysius Catholic Primary school, Chisholm, where Suzanne Fern is foundation principal. The school ...
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Scares at schools around the world have all been hoaxes so far, but they still wreak havoc on everyone in the community. It's the kind of chilling phone call that school administrators dread, and one that leaves them with little ...
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Educators who want to fill the future workforce will have to prepare for a world of digital natives. It wasn’t that long ago when schools were still using chalk and blackboards. Data projectors and interactive white boards have taken their ...
More »Talking Eds, episode 10: Pokémon No, most engaging school year and referencing dilemmas
In episode 10 of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review look back on a week when New York said 'no' to Pokémon Go, we discovered what the most optimistic and engaging school year ...
More »Talking Eds, Episode 9: Special presentation on the future of innovation in Australia
We missed last week’s episode of Talking Eds because two-thirds of the team was on annual leave but we are back this week with a special presentation – a panel of experts talking innovation. Last week, the Australia-Israel Chamber of ...
More »Birmingham keeps education portfolio; Labor looks to trade in Carr
The news that Simon Birmingham has been retained as the minister for education and training has been met with enthusiasm by leading commentators. Meanwhile, Birmingham's opposite number for Labor, Kim Carr, looks set to be dumped in favour of MP Linda Burney ...
More »How does having a parent deployed overseas affect army families?
What help is available for the families of men and women of the Defence Force when their loved one is deployed overseas, potentially risking their lives in a warzone? It can be stressful for children and teenagers simply to have ...
More »Talking Eds, Episode 8: How parents use technology, MOOCs go mainstream, sociology of the mouth
In Episode 8 of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review discuss how adult technology behaviour is influencing kids, how MOOCs are going mainstream, and the socioeconomic causes of bad oral hygiene and dental health.
More »Suspicious fire rips through Dubbo primary school
A fire has caused almost $1 million in damage to Buninyong Public School, in Dubbo, NSW, 400 kilometres north-west of Sydney. The fire hit classrooms and special education facilities, as well as the school tuckshop, and is considered suspicious, reports have stated. School principal ...
More »Talking Eds, Episode 7: No school no pay, there’s an app for autism and the Census comes to unis
In Episode 7 of Talking Eds, the team behind Education Review, Campus Review,and Early Learning Review discuss an ambitious plan to withhold cash from families whose kids are missing school, an award winning app to detect autism and why the ABS ...
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