From catering for students seeking all levels of qualifications to a focus on wellbeing for the entire community, Aranmore Catholic’s principal wants to help everybody succeed. Each school day, between 30 and 50 young people eat at the Breakfast Club ...
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Opinion: early-childhood instruction needed to improve TIMSS rankings
The release of the Trends in International Maths and Science Study international rankings for Year 4 and Year 8 has produced a plethora of hand wringing about how badly Australia is doing. In amidst the claims that the data proves school funding ...
More »Opinion: Education should develop specialists
Becoming great at something should be the goal of education. We make our career and find happiness and satisfaction from a small number of skills. If you decide to have a career as an electrician, you are better off being ...
More »‘Talking Eds’, episode 18: White Ribbon Day divisions, USYD heads to China, Torrens educates teachers about autism
In this week's episode of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review look at the history and effect of White Ribbon Day, discuss the University of Sydney's expansion in China and explore Torrens University's new ...
More »Learning with moral authority: lessons from Lewis Carroll
Praxis education is what the world needs to create an environment where schooling serves the individual and public good. Serious debate regarding education in Australia, and indeed around the world, has been at a frustratingly low level for some time. ...
More »Opinion: Federal funds? Already there
Evidence suggests more Commonwealth money alone won’t improve outcomes for Australia’s schoolchildren, and federal investment is not the portion that has been in decline. By Kevin Donnelly State, territory and Commonwealth education ministers have started the process of designing a ...
More »Opinion: Six IT lessons schools can learn from Jarryd Hayne
It’s every education institution’s worst nightmare: invite a guest to speak at the school, then once the speaker is at the podium ready to start the presentation, an image no school student should see flashes on the screen, inadvertently displayed ...
More »How schools can ace the bring-your-own-device test
The integration of information and computer technology in the education sector has redefined the way students learn. From donations and investment in computers, to learning the basics of IT, virtual field trips, collaborative lessons and online assessments, technology is permeating every ...
More »‘Talking Eds’, episode 17: PPL double dipping, handling abuse claims, researchers’ independence, US election
In this week's episode of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review look at why parental leave double dipping seems destined to say, hear from several youngsters on the importance of listening to abuse claims, ...
More »A Friends’ legacy: Quakerism and high achieving in Hobart
A guiding document and a lasting tradition inform the experience of children throughout Australia’s only Quaker school. Once a week, all students and staff at The Friends’ School in Hobart experience silence during a replication of the traditional Quaker gathering, ...
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