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Qld Education Minister re-states no change in RI policy Controversy swirling around Qld Department of Education Document that warns schools to take "Appropriate action" agains students caught "evangelising' outside class results in denial from Ed Minister Kate Jones.

New skills needed for 2030 workers A new report, The New Work Smarts, analysed over 20 billion hours of work completed by 12 million Australian workers across 400 occupations each year to predict the skills and capabilities that will matter most in 2030.

Independents should not be singled out for political point scoring ISCA expresses concern at a growing trend in the public discourse around school funding that focuses on the Independent sector, and more particularly on individual Independent schools, for inappropriate political point scoring.

Majority of young Australians find it difficult to secure their dream career A new study reveals that 70% of young Australians found it difficult to secure a job that is in line with the career they had in mind, further fuelling the 20% underemployed, settling instead for casual positions.

Learning Maths while having fun Matific was designed to teach mathematics in a fun, engaging way. Fun, but not so fun that there’s no learning being achieved. Research conducted by the UWS indicates that Results improved by 34% when using Matific. 

Inaugural $50,000 Matific Games The Matific Games is free to enter and there’s $50,000 in cash and prizes available including a swag load of goodies from Matific’s sponsors – think drones and other STEAM-type products.

ACA wins $10m for Digital Technologies curriculum support The Australian Computing Academy will provide Australian teachers with the educational resources and professional development necessary to deliver the new Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies.

Digitising school payment and permission systems saves time and money By digitising manual payments processes, Australian schools could save more than 2000 hours of teacher and admin time and take up to $2.6 billion in cash out of the system, according to new report.

AITSL case studies, self assessment and feedback resources now online AITSL has developed a body of evidence-based products, including video case studies, self-assessment tools and feedback resources, that teachers and school leaders can access through the new AITSL website and apps.

Woolies Earn & Learn is back ​Earn & Learn enables schools and early learning centres to obtain educational resources, including sporting, mathematics, arts, science and technology equipment, by shopping at Woolworths and collecting stickers to redeem items.

ScopeIT Education offers free primary Science Week lesson plan To mark Science Week 12-20 August, ScopeIT has created  a lesson plan focused around Science week and offers an introductory coding lesson that can be delivered by classroom teachers 

Selective school entry policy change to reduce tutoring advantage Mark Scott, Secretary, NSW Department of Education, announced a review of the NSW gifted and talented education policy at the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children Biennial Conference.