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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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 »‘Pecan Summer’ brings Indigenous vocal talent to the big stage
Australia has had a long, rich cultural history of producing some of the greatest performing artists to grace the world stage. Among them is lauded and internationally recognised Indigenous soprano, actor, composer and playwright, Deborah Cheetham. Among her many credits, ...
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 »Teacher pay change could hurt women most
Taking time off could become a reluctant mea culpa for many experienced public school teachers, under new salary conditions the NSW Department of Education has outlined. In a move that the NSW Teachers Federation has decried as an attack on women’s pay ...
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 »Children’s coding event reaches for the moon
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” It was with those immortal words that American astronaut Neil Armstrong, representing the entire human race, etched his name into the history books, having conquered what was then ...
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 ...
More »Good VIEWS at STEM careers for Indigenous students
Gracing our currency’s $50 note is an iconic figure from the early 20th century who became known as the ‘Australian Leonardo da Vinci’. History knows him as David Unaipon, a Ngarrindjeri man. He was an Indigenous polymath who gained a reputation ...
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