Say what you want about Where the Forest Meets the Sea or Storm Boy, because overall, we beat the English at their own linguistic learning game. Dr Paul Gardner from Curtin University’s School of Education has found we are better ...
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Forty percent of teens with ADHD are failing NAPLAN
A high number of Australian teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are struggling academically. A study conducted by the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute showed an "alarming" 40 per cent of teenage students with ADHD failed to meet the literacy ...
More »Islamic school gets the final funding chop
It seems all their non-legal avenues are exhausted. Adelaide-based Islamic College of South Australia will not receive further funding, an internal review of a government decision has confirmed. Education minister Simon Birmingham said the internal review's decision, which upheld that ...
More »WA government dumps controversial Perth school plan
The WA government has bowed to public pressure and dumped plans to move Perth's only academically selective school to a high-rise city building in favour of constructing another secondary school to ease enrolment demands. Under the plan announced during the ...
More »Education specificity and security pervade Brother’s new office solutions
Brother has released a new range of printers and multifunction devices targeted at the education sector. “Brother is committed to be 'at your side' today, tomorrow, and for many more years to come," Brother Australia marketing specialist Stefanie Dixon. "The ...
More »Search on to find Victoria’s best educators and school professionals
There is still time for Victoria's best educators to be nominated for the 2017 Victorian Education Excellence Awards (VEEA). These are the apical awards for school professionals. There are gongs for the best principals, teachers and business managers, across both individual ...
More »Canberra Grammar students augment reality
Schoolkids may be eagerly awaiting the release of Pokémon GO’s new Fire and Ice event but students at Canberra Grammar School are already toying with augmented reality. Unlike Pokémon GO, however, Pearson’s HoloLens is educational and doesn’t require a mobile ...
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Ivan Seselj is the founder and CEO of Promapp, a business improvement and process management online tool used by a wide variety of public and private companies, and government organisations, to simply their most important operations. "Promapp was designed in ...
More »USYD alumni seek to inspire, inform girls’ post-school choices
You probably wouldn't follow your careers advisor on Snapchat, but you might friend ENID Network. Sydney University graduates Nina Khoury (commerce and law) and Adriana Stefanatos (commerce) created the network: an all-female careers advice and networking platform for high school and university students. Instead of content-heavy formats or one-on-one interviews, ...
More »Nighttime phone use harms teens’ mental health
We already know mobile phones inhibit sleep. Now, for the first time, researchers have discovered the longterm effects of this reduced sleep on teens: poorer mental health outcomes. In addition, these academics, from Griffith and Murdoch Universities, found kids experience a raft ...
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