Hi and welcome to another Education Review weekly roundup of the top news stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor. All stories can be found on our site, educationreview.com.au. You can either read this summary or ...
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eSafety Commissioner lukewarm on mobile phone ban
The Victorian Government’s decision to ban mobile phones during school hours in all state secondary and primary schools next year has been met with mixed feelings from educators, parents and students, and the eSafety Commissioner herself. The move is intended ...
More »Dairy education program enters 10th year
It’s time for other learning areas to mooo-ve over: Dairy Australia’s Picasso Cows program is inspiring primary-aged students to think more about the importance of dairy to their diets and where it comes from. Now in its 10th year, the ...
More »The LANTITE: Attracting the best or just eliminating the worse?
The quality of Australia’s trainee teachers is again under fire, with one in 10 failing the literacy and numeracy test required to teach. The Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) is a federal initiative and was created ...
More »Game Over: Is ‘gaming disorder’ real?
While long suspected to be addictive, gaming that interferes with one’s daily life has now been designated as a “disorder” by the World Health Organization (WHO). Importantly, a “gaming disorder” diagnosis isn't based on how much time someone spends on ...
More »Weekly roundup: ‘bad’ anti-bullying campaigns, drones in the classrooms and housing subsidy cuts
[This story was published on 24 May] Hi, I’m Wade Zaglas, education editor at Education Review. Welcome to our second roundup of the issues and stories we were talking about this week. You can either read the summary or listen ...
More »New podcast series questions the fairness of Australian schools
Education is often hailed as the ‘great equaliser’, but is it? Do schools eliminate inequality or help to reinforce it? This is the question guiding this season’s All Things Equal podcast series, a collaboration between radio station 2SER and the ...
More »Skin a potential student stress detector
Human skin is a multi-tasker. Obviously it contains our internal organs, but it also wards off bacteria, moisture and the sun; regulates temperature; produces hormones; stores bodily substances; and indicates medical conditions. Now, it can potentially add another role to its arsenal: ...
More »Kicking and catching as important as spelling and sums: PE expert
A leading Australian physical education academic says “physical and sport literacy” are essential to children’s long-term health and wellbeing and should be given equal importance as spelling and maths. As schools prepare to celebrate National Health and Physical Education Day ...
More »Should parents give their kids alcohol to teach responsible drinking?
"Do you want a little bit? Because if you're going to drink I'd rather you do it in the house." It’s one of the more quotable lines from Amy Poehler’s cool mum character, Mrs George, in the 2004 hit film Mean ...
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