Three schools in the Illawarra region of NSW will now have their own academy of STEM excellence under the NSW Department of Education’s STEM Industry School Partnerships (SISP) Program. The Illawarra Academy will be based at three local high schools ...
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Perth school allegedly plans to offer students cash for good Year 12 marks
A school in Perth has allegedly set up a plan to offer students $500 to maintain or improve on good Year 11 marks. The West Australian broke the story after it was sent a reportedly leaked email to staff from ...
More »UNESCO report finds ‘more investment’ is needed for Australian teachers
A new global report by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has concluded that Australian educators require more investment in professional development and training to better equip them to deal with students with a disability and reduce ...
More »La Trobe joins other unis offering alternative forms of entry for Year 12s
La Trobe University has created two innovative new pathways as an alternative to ATAR to help Year 12 students demonstrate their academic achievements and gain entry to university. The pathways, which are free and studied online, will be available to ...
More »Lockdown stories offer glimpse into the student perspective
Cold. Dark. Lurking. Those were some the words children used to describe the coronavirus in Australia’s largest annual story-writing event. This year, Storyathon asked children to write about the topic ‘A different world – living in lockdown’ and 20,000 kids ...
More »Age matters: study finds oldest children in classes outperform their peers in NAPLAN
Recent research has revealed that a child’s birthday can heavily influence their NAPLAN results, with a new Curtin University study finding that the oldest children in classrooms outperform their younger counterparts on average. The research – which was published in ...
More »‘Warm’ teachers shape students’ attitudes towards education for years to come
Recent research has found that strong student-teacher relationships can lead to productive and positive interactions with future teachers, and students’ memories of ‘good’ teachers are mostly consistent. The study, entitled ‘Memories of positive and negative student-teacher relationships in students with ...
More »Teaching fees to be slashed, others to soar under new uni scheme
School leavers who are hoping to study humanities will either have to foot a bill double that of their predecessors or pick different subjects under a new scheme announced by Minister for Education Dan Tehan. On the flip side of ...
More »A little bit of sweat helps the mind excel
It’s long been known that healthy levels of physical activity benefit one’s entire body and have a positive effect on mood. But new research has found that there is a link between school students’ levels of exercise and their mental ...
More »‘Our shared story’: Knox Gardens joins other Melbourne schools to record the COVID-19 experience
Knox Gardens Primary School in Melbourne has been busy collaborating with other Melbourne schools to create a resource that will help document students’ and teachers’ stories of remote learning and isolation during COVID-19. Entitled ‘Our Shared Story’, the “global project” invites ...
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