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It’s one of the pressing issues of our age: How, if at all, can we humanise technology? That’s the big question for this year’s Game Changer Challenge, an annual competition that began in 2018 and is open to over 2200 ...

  https://youtu.be/4ml-CnjhrD4   Teacher performance-linked pay, teacher performance generally and student achievement – these are three issues that are never far from the headlines. But are the debates founded on sound evidence or merely the thought bubbles of politicians and ...

The ICC T20 Cricket World Cup will be incorporated into an Australian Curriculum-aligned Schools Program this year. Working in collaboration with Cricket Australia, the program will comprise “exploratory learning units” for both primary and secondary students aged 5-16 and complement ...

In episode two of Studying for Success, Dr Steven Greene introduces us to the fundamentals of managing information properly – from file storage, USB storage and interesting graphic organisers to colour-coded topic sections. These techniques will make help students organise ...

Listen as education editor Wade Zaglas reflects on one of the week's key issues: performance pay for teachers. Who's for it and against it? Can it really work? And what kind of an effect could it have on the profession?

As we celebrate The International Year of Indigenous Languages, it is encouraging to see the latest figures released by Victoria’s Education Department. They show an 8000 per cent improvement in the number of Victorian students studying an Aboriginal language* between ...

Dr Steven Greene is an author, educator, and founder of mAke the grAde, a tutoring, education and training company. His book, Maximum Education, is an Amazon bestseller and he specialises in equipping students with the right skills and habits to ...

In an age of Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and smartphones, it’s hardly surprising that students are taking and sharing far more photos than they ever have. Schools, too, have not been immune to this picture-taking craze, with most estimated to be ...

https://youtu.be/Xb118Drn_Mk The debate over whether high-performing teachers should be paid more is an evergreen yet vexed issue. Indeed, politician Mark Latham recently floated the idea in NSW parliament. "Why aren't the best teachers, [who are] adding value in the classroom, given ...

Hi and welcome to another Education Review weekly roundup of the top news stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor. All stories can be found on our site, educationreview.com.au. You can either read this summary or ...