The Australian Education Union (AEU) has responded to the latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) report on worldwide education indicators, saying Australia’s poor ranking in several areas reflects inadequate government funding policies. These indicators include resource equity, staffing, and ...
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Who should be at the front of the vaccine queue? Aussies have their say
After healthcare workers like paramedics and nurses, Australians want primary school teachers to be next in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine jab. That was one of the findings of an Australian National University survey that sought out attitudes of ...
More »COVID-19: NSW to relax school, sport restrictions
The NSW Government will relax restrictions around weddings, school and community sport after the state announced its third day without community transmission of coronavirus. Only one case was diagnosed up to 8pm on Wednesday – a returned traveller in hotel quarantine. As ...
More »Ire over school leavers’ offensive muck-up day list
A muck-up day scavenger hunt devised by students at a Sydney private school has made headlines due to the string of illegal tasks it challenged revellers to complete. The list, created by Year 12 students at Shore School in North ...
More »Experts see light at end of virus tunnel
Health experts say there is light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel as Australia recorded its lowest daily rise in new infections in over three months. There were 16 new infections reported on Monday – 11 in Victoria, four ...
More »Bullying from best friends especially harmful: study
Bullying hurts children more if it comes from a friend, and they're less likely to report it, says a new study. Flinders University researchers found that victims identify the pain of relational bullying from best friends as being especially harmful ...
More »‘This is how you write about it’: The school program that transformed boys’ writing skills
It’s been an unhelpful stereotype for decades now: girls excel in English and other language-orientated subjects, while boys more easily grasp the concepts of maths and the sciences. I saw this kind of gendered determinism played out not only as ...
More »Universities want proposed reforms changed
Australia's top universities are shaking their heads at the federal government's proposed reforms, saying they will lead to lower quality education. Group of Eight chair Margaret Gardner says the changes need "significant amendments". "We would have preferred a longer and ...
More »Teacher librarian: much more than just a ‘keeper of the books’
Libraries are dying – and that means the role of the teacher librarian (TL) is more important than ever. Dr Kasey Garrison, a senior lecturer in the Charles Sturt University School of Information Studies, said as broader society ponders the ...
More »Green time better than screen time for mental health, academic achievement: review
Green time is better than screen time when it comes to a student's mental health and academic achievement. That was the key finding from a University of Adelaide review of 186 studies from around the world. Time spent watching TV, ...
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