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Connecting schools boosts performance A peer group of schools that can exchange ideas and draw inspiration from each other’s experience has boosted the performance of the schools involved.

Five simple strategies for improving your students’ reading habits The real way forward is to find tangible strategies to establish and sustain an engaging reading environment for students.

Learning how to learn: Metaskills are higher-order skills that lay the foundations for learning Metaskills are higher-order skills that lay the foundations for learning and succeeding at almost anything in life. Essentially, skills that help us to acquire skills.

Poor air quality has drastic effect on student learning A classroom with poor lighting or inadequate heating rarely goes unnoticed. But until recently, good air quality wasn’t on the radar of most Australian educators.

$2,500 in prize money in First Pitch For Kids 2020 comp Young entrepreneurs pitch their ideas for the chance to win a generous cash prize.

Frenemies can do the most harm – Peer Aggression and Wellbeing Study Bullying by close friends can be dismissed as horseplay, but when it becomes exclusion or rumour spreading the hurt is amplified.

Dystech screens for dyslexia with machine learning Australian startup Dystech has created Dyscreen, a simple to use but tech heavy screening app for dyslexia.

Wesley College names new head of junior school Mrs Jo Edinger is the new Head of Junior School at Wesley College in Perth, the school chose to promote a long term staff member.

The state of cybersecurity in Australia’s education sector Cybercriminals only grow smarter as time goes on, and it seems that no one – no individual, company, or government – is ever prepared for the latest attack. Unfortunately, Australia is no different.

How teachers can engage students learning from home Teachers are very familiar with the challenge of keeping students engaged in the classroom, however keeping them interested and on task when they are learning remotely takes this challenge to a whole new level.

Catering for diversity of students' learning abilities in today's learning environment  Schools have blended  learning and created programs to maximise student engagement and learning outcomes.

Why schools should be teaching kids – and themselves – to be e-Smart According to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, one in five children have experienced some form of cyberbullying.