A number of education support systems for disadvantaged and vulnerable students in Queensland are to share in $288m in 'prevention' funds as part of the larger $446.6m Community Safety Package, announced in the June budget. For instance, the Queensland Pathways ...
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Select Queensland state schools have begun trialling generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that generates personalised quizzes, based on student answers, to cater for unique learning styles and improve learning. The technology will be tested by 500 students, from years five ...
More »Qld principal credits ‘inclusive leadership’ for top award win
Bellbird Park State Secondary College’s (BPSSC) foundation principal has won several elite education awards this year and credits his success to the team he has built around him. Michael West was named government school principal of the year at the ...
More »‘No benefit’: Teachers’ union slams NAPLAN changes
Changes to the NAPLAN testing window has raised stress for students and left little time for teachers to build relationships within their new classes, according to the Queensland Teachers' Union (QTU). More than 1 million Australian students in Years 3, ...
More »QLD launches vaping inquiry
A major inquiry into how many young people have taken up vaping has been launched in Queensland amid concerns that kids have become "so addicted" they can't concentrate. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has sounded the alarm on the number of ...
More »Queensland shutting down six schools
Langbroek says affected students and their families will receive transition kits. By Antonia Maiolo Six Queensland schools are set to close by the end of this year, following a review of their viability. Education minister John-Paul Langbroek confirmed that ...
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Queensland schools are exhibiting the work of their top senior visual-art students, contenders for the 2012 Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art.
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