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Aussie schools needed to clean up Young Australians and school communities accounted for more than 1 in 3 (38.8 per cent) of all Clean Up Australia Day volunteers in 2020.

Teach For Australia launches The Tutor Network Teach For Australia (TFA) has launched The Tutor Network, to provide free resources, training and support for tutors and schools.

Financial literacy needs to be compulsory Businesswoman Marlies Hobbs says that education and financial experts should work together to develop a structured and progressive financial literacy education.   

Cybercriminals are targeting schools, it’s time to lock them out The modern classroom’s foundations consist of IoT devices that enable collaboration and growth. However, it also leaves schools, students and teachers particularly vulnerable to cyberthreats.

GitHub Campus Advisor program updated GitHub has launched new updates to the GitHub Campus Advisor program, making entrance easier while still providing extensive training and support.

Carbon neutral Throsby Primary School, Canberra opens soon Extensive collaboration and an evidence based design approach for Throsby Primary in Canberra’s north will yield a bright, modern facility due to open in 2022.

Free personalised back to school haircuts Time to get ready for a new school year and a haircut is a good place to start, there’s also evidence to support the importance of a cut that matches each child’s individuality.

Building a resilience culture in our schools Teachers and school leaders cannot even begin to do the life altering work of resilience building with young people if we do not first start with our teaching workforce.

Abandon ATAR scores to reduce Year 12 student anxiety Torrens University and Think Education have abolished ATAR scores as an entry requirement altogether.

Whose lives matter? How education reinforces bias In Australia, three out of four people experience negatively biased spontaneous thoughts about Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, not necessarily with any justification for doing so.

Data literacy: the key skill for students graduating in a post COVID-19 world Data is akin to water in the digital world, and data literacy – the ability to read, work, analyse and communicate with data – is becoming the go-to skill organisations are demanding.

Back to online school: Remote learning considerations for IT Now is a good time to revaluate investments in networking, applications, and education IT solutions before the next digital school year.