Due to what she believes is an “epidemic” in cyberbullying among school children, a Gold Coast-based social media businesswoman has waded into the discussion. Corinna Essa is the founder of Social Media Worldwide, a firm that teaches businesses the effective ...
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Help students stay sun smart by introducing sunnies to school
Ophthalmologists are calling on parents to ensure their children’s eyes are properly protected while they’re at school, and for schools to help out. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists has issued a statement saying that schools should ...
More »UQ grad develops program to help kids stay in school
At school, Nick Tepper was a smart kid who behaved badly in class but he stayed in school because he wanted to go to university. Fast forward a few years and Tepper is a 24-year-old University of Queensland graduate who ...
More »Private tutoring gets the Uber treatment
The Australian private tutoring industry has been Ubered by a pair of software engineers operating out of Brisbane. For co-chief executives and founders Sam Robertson and Cameron Schmidt, the story of Scooter Tutor began in 2007. Schmidt initially came up ...
More »Piccoli needed to go, expert says
An education academic has argued that Adrian Piccoli “needed to go” from the NSW education portfolio, following newly minted premier Gladys Berejiklian’s cabinet reshuffle. Piccoli, a NSW Nationals MP, was replaced with Rob Stokes, who previously sat in the planning ...
More »Swimming pool kiosks filled with junk food: study
Soon after the school year begins, it's time for the annual swimming carnival. But, as a new study from Deakin University has shown, all the calories burnt off by the kids in the pool are often quickly replaced by a ...
More »‘Autism epidemic’ driven by doctors diagnosing kids with mild symptoms
The so-called autism epidemic is being driven by doctors diagnosing more children with less severe symptoms, researchers say, not by more children being born with the condition. A study published in Autism Research, titled Evidence of a reduction over time ...
More »Youngest in class more likely to be medicated for ADHD
Researchers have found that the youngest children in classrooms are twice as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD as their older peers, raising concerns that kids are being medicated with amphetamine-based drugs for age-related immaturity. The study found that among ...
More »Add fun to maths and learning will multiply
Maths should be fun – that’s the message to teachers from one expert. Western Sydney University’s associate professor Catherine Attard, an expert in primary maths education, said fun is the best medicine for relieving maths boredom. “When children are actually ...
More »Communication between schools, parents key for managing type 1 diabetes
The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated in 2014-15 that 158,000 Australians had type 1 diabetes. This is up from the same survey by the ABS in 2011-12, where 113,400 Australians were reported as having the condition. Furthermore, according to the ...
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