More than 400 years after his death, William Shakespeare is playing a role in addressing Australia’s teacher crisis. Following its success in nurturing teachers from regional and remote schools around the country, national theatre company Bell Shakespeare has expanded its Regional Teacher ...
More »Belonging begins at the bell: Combatting student disengagement
According to recent reports, chronic absenteeism, defined as students missing 10 per cent or more of the school year, continues to be higher than pre-pandemic levels, and is still on the rise. This is a major reason for concern for ...
More »Student wellbeing opinion: Holistic education key to healthy students
It's well established that adolescence is a time of angst. Young people have the awareness to understand the challenges in the world around them (and, often, a capacity to imagine the worst), but do not yet have the experience or ...
More »Students are becoming less emotionally resilient – we need a different approach
Despite our efforts to foster social and emotional intelligence and build resilience through specialised programs, the decline of our students' emotional resilience persists. We live in a world where adversity is inevitable, yet there's an underlying expectation that we, as ...
More »National anti-vaping program now in schools
A new federal vaping prevention program has been rolled out in Australian high schools to curb a worrying rise in vaping among teenagers, after data revealed nearly one in 10 people over the age of 14 used e-cigarettes. The OurFutures ...
More »Menstrual education too late, experts say
More than 12 per cent of girls will get their menstrual period between ages 8-11, but the sex education curriculum does not discuss periods until students are aged 10, or sometimes 12. The average age of first menstruation has been ...
More »New research shows Andrew Tate’s effect on school boys
Content warning: This article refers to sexual assault, sexual harassment, sex trafficking and human trafficking. Support resources can be found here. A new piece of research has found Romanian-based self-proclaimed misogynist 'manfluencer' Andrew Tate promoted a culture of domination and ...
More »Should schools be put into “families?”
A new report says current school-improvement models aren't capable of tackling the immense challenges our education system is currently facing; including increasing teacher recruitment and retention, and improving student learning. A "goldilocks" solution – stemming not from a single, isolated ...
More »The problem of school bullying part II: Teachers
Bullying in Australian workplaces is a problem – a 2015 report from Safe Work Australia (SWA) found 9.4 per cent of its respondents had been bullied in their workplaces in the past six months. This was an increase from seven ...
More »Student Wellbeing: Does learning outdoors make a difference?
Sydney schools are integrating nature and outdoors into their learning areas in an effort to reap the benefits of students connecting to the outdoors while they learn and play. Off the back of studies that show people are in general ...
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