This story appeared in the August 2013 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
Time is running out for young people aged 14-18 to take part in On Your Terms, a national survey being conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commission on consent and sex education.
Telling students to bin their rubbish does little to change behaviour when delivered in a classroom, in the experience of retired teacher Geoffrey Holt.
The Victorian Government is strengthening its School Community Safety Orders to better protect staff and school communities.
Walk into any school staffroom in Australia and ask what has changed over the past decade and the answer is strikingly consistent.
New research suggests parents need to be supported to take a more authoritative stance with their children when it comes to online safety and their access to social media, an education expert says.
Years ago, I taught a young man called Zac. He was an enthusiastic student who relished being in an adult learning setting for the first time.
The professional standards that guide all Australian teachers’ practice have a glaring omission – and it speaks volumes about the enduring neglect endured by one cohort of students.
Occupational therapists and speech pathologists would spend 15 minutes assessing all Victorian Prep students for neurodivergence under a new state election policy.
Finally a ‘pro-gifted education’ movement is building within one of Australia’s most populous states, but more selective schools and measures that go beyond short camps and bolt-on ‘enrichment’ programs are needed to meet the needs of this long-ne...
Students leaving high school here and overseas are hopelessly ill-prepared to succeed in tertiary education according to a new global study.
