Articles

Fear
Fear
Fear: Giving voice to the silent victims of violence in schools This article is focussed on the unfortunate childhood witnesses of violence who are not physically injured, but nonetheless experience fear for their own safety.
Dr Neil MacNeill and Ray Boyd, principals
Action
Action
School students strike against gas funding on Friday Thousands of school students and their supporters held the first mass school strike for climate action since COVID-19 on Friday.
Read
Read
Mystery and thriller novels hot in lockdown Australian authors continue to rise in popularity.
Conference
Conference
National Education Summit returns to Brisbane The National Education Summit will hold its second Brisbane event in 2021 over two days Friday 4 – Saturday 5 June.
NAPLAN
NAPLAN
What a new national assessment system looks like The Gonski Institute offers an alternative vision of NAPLAN.
IT
IT
How school IT help desks can start unclogging the backlog Clearing the IT backlog and transforming the help desk.
Patrick Hubbard, Head Geek at SolarWinds
Teaching
Teaching
Is preventing teacher burnout the answer to addressing better outcomes for students? The ‘COVID hangover’ remains for the teaching profession.
Rochelle Borton
Teaching
Teaching
Temp teachers pressured to do more, can be exploited The pressure placed on temp teachers in NSW to compete to stay employed and do more to prove their worth is close to exploitative.
Perform
Perform
Wakakirri Arts Festival wins National Excellence in Education Award Wakakirri was recognised by the Australian Performing Arts Teachers Association (APATA) for their contribution to performing arts education in schools.
Families
Families
National Families Week: The relationship between families, educators and wellbeing Industry leaders reflect on issues facing children, families and educators before National Families Week.
Funding
Funding
Women need mentors and systemic changes for STEM Generous funding for women in STEM projects is a start and some needs to be spent on programs that change the culture around STEM.
Testing
Testing
ACER gets slice of PISA ACER will lead the development and implementation of the 2025 PISA ‘Learning in the Digital World’ assessment.