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The Prime Minister has defended his decision to promote Alan Tudge to the position of Education and Youth Minister last week as part of a cabinet reshuffle. Scott Morrison said Tudge, whose affair with a female staffer was aired on Four ...

Psychologist MH Ashcraft describes maths anxiety as a “feeling of tension, apprehension, or fear” that hinders a person’s performance in the subject. It often occurs when a student struggles with learning the basic concepts of maths which can lead to ...

Even the most resilient adults at the moment are operating from a lowered window of tolerance and lowered threshold to cope and manage. This might manifest in anger that quickly arises, extreme emotions washing over you, or the inability to ...

“Wellbeing, mental health, and psychological safety are the core pre-conditions of learning, performance, healthy functioning, and contributing.” This sentence is as true for adults as it is for children. The more we define these terms the more we build a national ...

This year has been nothing short of extraordinary for all Australian school leaders, teams and school communities. It has required an extraordinary level of resilience and energy. It probably comes as no surprise that staff wellbeing is one of the ...

“We have to flatten the curve.” How many times have we heard that in the past few months? It is one of the reasons why we needed to pay attention when we learned about exponential growth in algebra class. For ...

When my PR agency recently handled a coronavirus crisis on behalf of one of our school clients, we took around 50 calls from journalists on the first day alone. Thankfully, because we’d already prepared for this scenario as a possibility, ...

Twelve outstanding teachers and educational leaders have been named as winners of this year’s Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards. Spread right around the country and covering schools small and large and located in remote areas and capital cities, the 12 teaching ...

One of Australia’s leading audio companies has launched a program to provide free podcasting equipment to NSW schools to help them manage remote learning challenges caused by COVID-19 coronavirus. RØDE Microphones is making up to $2m worth of its podcasting ...

The increasing shift to paperless schools could have a negative impact on student literacy, with a new study showing crucial links between handwriting and other literacy skills. The study, conducted by Monash University’s Dr Anabela Malpique and University of Canberra’s ...