NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has ruled out allowing HSC students to sit exams mask free, saying he “tried everything” to ditch the rule. Even private school students will be made to cover their mouths and noses – including those getting a $38,000-a-year ...
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La Trobe’s unique Nexus teaching program celebrates its first graduates – podcast
In an exciting development for the teaching profession, La Trobe University’s unique Nexus program has recently produced its first group of classroom-ready secondary school teachers. In their first year, students work part time in schools and receive direct mentoring opportunities ...
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Western Australia’s education minister has responded to allegations two teenagers charged with trying to kill a teacher allegedly discussed burning down the school weeks earlier. The female teacher at Willetton Senior High School was stabbed with a knife just after 11am on Monday, prompting ...
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New research has found that vaping cannabis is on the rise among teens in Canada and the US, and experts believe a similar rise could be on the cards for kids in Australia. Research by the University of Queensland found ...
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A teenage boy has been arrested after a teacher was allegedly stabbed at one of Perth’s top public schools on Monday. The alleged incident triggered a lockdown at Willetton Senior High School, in the city’s southern suburbs, before police launched ...
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Going from good to great isn’t necessarily easy. When something is going well, often there is no impetus to do it even better. “Why bother, the results speak for themselves? Our students perform well above norms.” In these circumstances, it ...
More »Hundreds join teacher’s legal challenge to Vic’s Covid jab mandate
A legal challenge to Victoria’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate has been taken up by more than 100 people, some authorised workers, amid concern the order is forcing businesses to close and people to lose work. The state’s vaccine mandate, believed to ...
More »Study of Delta strain in NSW schools, childcare finds most spread by staff
Most of the Covid-19 spread in schools and early childcare centres during Australia’s Delta wave was driven by staff, new research reveals. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute experts also said face masks for grade three students and above would help reduce ...
More »Another Australian teacher becomes a top ten finalist in $1 million Global Teacher Prize – podcast
Well, it’s official. An Australian teacher has once again been named in the top ten in the $1 million Global Teacher Prize, supported by Schools Plus and the Varkey Foundation. The latest news puts Rebecca West, deputy principal and instructional ...
More »Over 6000 NSW school staff not fully vaccinated with 3 weeks until deadline
With just under three weeks until the mandatory vaccination date, over 6000 NSW school staff are not fully vaccinated and there is still no clarity over what happens to staff who do not meet the deadline. The Victorian Government has ...
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