A website launched by Primary Ethics, the provider of ethics lessons in New South Wales, may help more parents become aware of the availability of non-religious ethics instruction for their children. Recently, the NSW Government made informing parents of kindergarteners about ethics lessons ...
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Children with ADHD less likely to finish school
University of Queensland researchers have linked ADHD and conduct disorder (CD) to long-term disadvantage, as children with these conditions are more likely to drop out of high school and not enrol in tertiary education. A study published in the Journal of ...
More »Online program helps tame ADHD symptoms
Childhood ADHD: to medicate, or not to medicate? This debate has been raging for decades, with staunch advocates on each side. Now, there’s more positive news for those in the anti-medication camp. A University of Queensland study of the effectiveness of ...
More »Queensland council’s fluoride removal ‘misguided’
Queensland's government is facing calls to make water fluoridation mandatory after another council decided to remove fluoride from its supply. Mackay is the latest council in the state to make the controversial choice, with councillors voting 6–5 in favour. It came ...
More »A new voice in educating people with a disability takes honours
Realising that students with disability have far more potential than society thinks led Erin Canavan to write a paper, which was the winning entry in the Australian College of Educators (ACE) and Australian Scholarship Group Writing the Future Awards. Canavan, currently a final-year ...
More »TV series lets deaf children tune in
Mentoring organisation for the deaf, Hear For You, states that each year, about 500 children are born with hearing problems, and about 20,000 Australian children have some form of hearing loss. Enter Sally and Possum, the country’s first educational television show ...
More »Education key to fighting Islamophobia, research suggests
The preliminary findings of a Deakin University study suggest that the key to fighting Islamophobia is teaching people about Islam. The early findings of the Muslims and Islamic Religiosity in the West research project also included the fact that 57 per cent ...
More »My First Speech contest puts winners before Parliament
A suite of well-publicised maiden speeches was just delivered in federal Parliament. Now, our nation’s politicians will sit through another round – this time from high-schoolers. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tony Smith, has called on secondary school students ...
More »Mind the media violence: how on-screen brutality can affect kids
Earlier this month, the 15th anniversary of 9/11 was commemorated. With the coverage came its macabre imagery. The iconic picture of the falling man, in particular, was re-branded into our collective psyche. For those reluctant to click on the link, ...
More »Don’t grade Genius Hour, teacher says
Genius Hour is becoming a trend in schools in Australia and globally. And one teacher has warned teachers shouldn’t tell the students they will assess it, and shouldn't mark it via a rubric. Otherwise, they'll just get slide show presentations. And if ...
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