Fed: School halls scheme over budget, over time and over complex: report

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published May 6, 2010

libra CANBERRA - The federal government's school stimulus program is too complicated and riddled with cost blowouts and delays, an independent inquiry ...

Head of Department - English - Calamvale Community College

Department of Education and Training (Queensland) Brisbane

Lead and inspire as Head of Department - English at Calamvale Community College, driving excellence in literacy, curriculum innovation, and student achievement across ...

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Deputy Principal - Toolooa State High School

Department of Education and Training (Queensland)

Toolooa State High School are seeking an experienced and highly organised Deputy Principal for a temporary period from 13 July until 11 December 2026, unless otherwise...

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Cleaner - Everleigh State School

Department of Education and Training (Queensland) Logan

Everleigh State School is seeking a motivated and reliable cleaner to contribute to the efficient and effective operation of our school by maintaining a clean, safe, a...

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School news / Social science will need to play critical role in ongoing vaping crackdown

While policymakers have identified vaping, particularly among adolescents, as a priority concern, experts say long-term deterrence requires insight into the social psychology of the trend.

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National Reconciliation Week begins this week and Children’s Ground is inviting schools, workplaces, sporting clubs and communities across the country to go “All In” for reconciliation by taking part in their 2026 Wear it Yellow campaign.

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Easy-to-use adaptive immersive technologies incorporating augmented reality (AR) can motivate learning, social engagement and cognitive development in early childhood, new research suggests.

School news / Maths teaching derailed by flimsy ‘evidence’, popular figures with bad ideas: Anna Stokke

Fads, influential academics with misguided ideas, and poor standards around what constitutes ‘evidence-based’ maths teaching have derailed student outcomes for years, a leading expert in maths education says.

School news / Teachers urgently require training in identifying and assisting young carers

More than one in three young carers are missing school each week and over two thirds’ grades are being affected by their caring responsibilities, new data has revealed.

School news / The hidden early warning signs of student disengagement: a new national study

Student disengagement remains one of the most pressing issues facing Australian schools and until now it has largely been measured by absence data, however new research reveals that warning signs appear well before students stop showing up, with a...

School news / Kids ‘living in abject poverty’: NT housing conference updated on crisis

Children are living in abject poverty amid an Aboriginal housing crisis following years of neglect, a conference has been told.

School news / Learning environment issues: the hidden hygiene problem in schools and how to fix it

As school refusal continues to contribute to escalating and unacceptably high school absence rates, new research has also revealed students experiencing avoidable poor hygiene conditions miss around 13.8 more school days each year.

School news / Maths teaching derailed by flimsy ‘evidence’, popular figures with bad ideas: Anna Stokke

Fads, influential academics with misguided ideas, and poor standards around what constitutes ‘evidence-based’ maths teaching have derailed student outcomes for years, a leading expert in maths education says.

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A new national initiative is aiming to put school-aged Australian music creators – and their teachers – in the spotlight, with the launch of the NUMAs (Next Up Music Awards) and paid Youth Intern Program.

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