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EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published April 2, 2014

Global art initiative CANBERRA - Australian students will participate in a global art initiative for World Kids Colouring Day in May ...

This story appeared in the April 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

Defence School Mentor - Pimlico State High School

Department of Education and Training (Queensland) Townsville

Pimlico State High School are accepting applications for a self-motivated and compassionate individual to join our team as a Defence School Mentor.If you are passionat...

Teaching - Secondary / May 23, 2026

EOI - Head of Department (Curriculum) - Northern Peninsula Area College - Special Education Program

Department of Education and Training (Queensland)

A rare leadership opportunity is available at Northern Peninsula Area State College (NPASC) for a Head of Department - Curriculum (Special Education), leading our high...

Teaching - Secondary / May 23, 2026

Executive Services Officer - Logan City Special School

Department of Education and Training (Queensland) Logan

Be at the heart of school operations as an Executive Services Officer at Logan City Special School. Provide essential administrative and executive support that kee...

Teaching - Secondary / May 23, 2026

School news / AI-driven AR smart glasses help with engagement and classroom behaviour: research

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.

School news / New awards to help music teachers fast-track the next wave of Oz talent

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.

School news / Policy pickle: navigating the precarious road ahead for wearable devices in classrooms

Wearable devices in the classroom present serious privacy and data security risks for schools, a legal expert has warned, yet inconsistent rules about their use are clouding the scene for school leaders across the country.

School news / ‘Years behind’: NAPLAN analysis reveals scale of Australia's educational inequity

Australia’s school system is actively widening learning gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged children, damning new analysis drawing on 17 years’ worth of NAPLAN data has revealed.

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