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‘Harmful and embarrassing’: The way HPE is taught needs to …
Aug 9, 2024 · For those children who are forced to display their physical vulnerabilities in front of their peers and teachers early on, the result is often disengagement and notes from home excusing their participation come high school, Dr John Williams flags.
Poor language skills amongst men at the root of our domestic …
Nov 6, 2024 · And yet, the school leader tells EducationHQ, too often the role of language is sidelined in discussions about the problem plaguing our society. “One of the things that’s happening in society more and more in recent decades, seems to be more sloganising and more shouting, and less thinking and less attempts to understand causes, and to really come to grips with the forces that are ...
‘More than hurtful words’: Australia’s systemic racism requires …
Oct 18, 2024 · Systemic experiences of racial discrimination at health services, schools, workplaces and when interacting with police have led the Australian Human Rights Commission to double down on calls for a National Anti-Racism Framework.
EOI - Guidance Officer - Temporary Relieving Pool 2024
Applicants are invited to express their interest in short term temporary / relieving opportunities as a guidance officer within Metropolitan South region. Applicants will be considered as vacancies arise throughout term 4, 2024 and term 1, 2025. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
NAPLAN 2024 results to arrive within weeks of testing
Mar 12, 2024 · As 1.3 million students across more than 9400 schools throughout the country undergo the tests, ACARA says with the new changes, schools and education authorities will receive preliminary school and student results from the assessments early in Term 2 – about a month after the test period ends on March 25 this year.
Qld homeschooling overhaul sparks mixed reactions
Mar 8, 2024 · “With the increase in the number of families choosing homeschooling, we need to make sure that the interests of the student are the priority – especially in regard to their wellbeing and safety – and this is what this legislation will do,” Farmer said.
Getting ready for 2025: Building strong readers in the early years ...
Nov 20, 2024 · Over the past 20 years, average reading performance has been stagnant for Year 5 students with fewer high-achieving readers among the cohort than there were in 2001 or 2005.
Picoult's ‘Nineteen Minutes’ tops US school book ban list
Nov 4, 2024 · PEN compiled more than 10,000 cases of books temporarily or permanently removed during the 2023-2024 academic year, roughly four times higher than for 2021-2022.
‘Genuine sense of respect’: NSW teachers give thumbs up to new …
Oct 29, 2024 · Granting teachers flexible work arrangements, three extra pupil-free days at the start of each term and a $1000 cost-of-living payment – if inflation rises to above 4.5 per cent – the agreement comes following months of negotiation with the State Government.