The Hume Australian Christian College (ACC) principal shadowed a student around school for a day in September as part of the Shadow a Student Challenge, an international initiative meant to transform school culture through 'deeper learning'. Deeper learning encourages students ...

The definition of intelligence is complicated. The Cambridge Dictionary defines it as "the ability to learn, understand, and make judgments or have opinions that are based on reason", although in psychology, when measured by IQ tests, it refers to the ...

A principal uses her experiences in Tonga and Japan to grow lifelong learners. Trudy Moala has led primary schools for 24 years. Starting her career in Adelaide as a primary school teacher, her life took an intrepid turn when she travelled ...

Educational institutions are tasked with the “advancement of society as a whole”, and society looks to schools and other institutions for guidance on who we are and how we define ourselves. These were some of the key thoughts of NSW ...

West Australian Liz Smith is a 21st century educator who very much has the future in mind – for both staff and students – when leading her school’s teaching and learning. She began her teaching career on the cusp of ...

It's a true rags to intellectual riches tale. Murat Dizdar, the son of Turkish immigrants, grew up in in a monolithic housing commission block in the inner-Sydney suburb of Glebe. He attended the elite selective public high school, Fort Street, which ...

The teacher brain drain continues, NAPLAN's substantially unwanted, and stress levels are untenable. Those are just some of the disquieting findings from a new Australian Scholarships Group (ASG) and Australian College of Educators (ACE) teacher survey. From over 300 teachers surveyed ...

You probably wouldn't follow your careers advisor on Snapchat, but you might friend ENID Network. Sydney University graduates Nina Khoury (commerce and law) and Adriana Stefanatos (commerce) created the network: an all-female careers advice and networking platform for high school and university students. Instead of content-heavy formats or one-on-one interviews, ...

You’ve probably heard of private school scholarships for Indigenous students, but what about helping them adapt to their new environment before they reach the wrought iron gates? Liz and Rick Tudor have addressed this in Victoria by opening the Melbourne ...

On June 6, primary and secondary students around the country will step into the shoes of “principal” as part of a new national leadership initiative. Principals Australia Institute is coordinating Student Principal for a Day as part of their commitment ...