How one principal united a culturally and linguistically diverse school community

Margaret Ryan

By Margaret Ryan
Published January 31, 2022

How does school leadership help bridge the gap between teachers and the parents of students from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) community?

Oakey State High School, about a half hour’s drive north-west of Toowoomba in Queensland, has about six per cent Portuguese-speaking ...

This story appeared in the February 2022 edition of LeadershipEd.

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