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 ...
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Single-sex schools may pay off better than priciest education
An analysis of Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority data shows that the priciest private schools don't necessarily produce students with better academic results than ones that cost less, and that putting kids in single-sex schools makes more of a difference. The Good Education Group (GEG), a private ...
More »‘The School Magazine’ turns 100; where to next?
Established in 1916 to provide local school kids a distraction from the horrors of the First World War, The School Magazine, produced by the New South Wales Education Department, is the world’s longest running children’s literary magazine. It has just ...
More »Poll shows students lack hope, engagement, wellbeing
A national poll of school students in years 5–12 showed that less than half are hopeful about their future, their enthusiasm for school declines as they get older, and more than one-third of students are struggling in terms of wellbeing. The ...
More »Experts step up to debunk family violence myths
Experts at the Australian National University have developed a new, free booklet to help teachers assist students who may be victims of family violence. Stepping Up for Kids from ANU’s Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network is ...
More »Test of time: conference explores best use of principals’ hours
School leaders and academics descended upon the University of Canberra to explore how exactly principals use their time. Cross-national Exploration of Principals’ Time use: Patterns, causes, and effects was funded by the American Educational Research Association, a network of academics with 25,000 ...
More »After Don Dale, a determined push for children’s minister
We’ve all heard about the horrific abuse of children at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre exposed by ABC’s Four Corners program, and the subsequent government announcement of a royal commission to investigate all juvenile jails in the Northern Territory. ...
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 »NASA Space School shows off STEM careers
For science educators Jeremy von Einem, of Sydney’s Barker College, and Rob Marr, of John Paul College near Brisbane, the rare opportunity to escort their students on a trip to NASA facilities in the US was too good to pass up. ...
More »Sting operation: Sunshine Coast kids help take on mozzies
High school kids attending Kawana Waters State College and Montessori International College at Forest Glen, both on the Sunshine Coast, have been chasing a different type of buzz, learning how to trap, capture and identify mosquitoes, all under the entomological ...
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