When Westlake Girls High School teacher Shona McRae read about the remarkable real-life kidnapping and release of New Zealand army captain, Alia Bojilova, she knew she wanted her students to hear firsthand about the remarkable Kiwi’s life.
While working as a United Nations observer between the Golan Heights and the Syrian border, on May 14 last year ...
Around three-out-of-four adolescents in Australia experience clinically significant depression or anxiety symptoms, with most being chronic, according to a new study.
The number of vulnerable children in “substandard” residential care is rising in Australia’s worst-hit state, causing a $500 million budget blowout.
The Consent Matters pilot project led by Sexual Health Victoria and Women’s Health in the South East is helping thousands of youths outside the mainstream education system understand affirmative consent, as highlighted by an evaluation report rele...
A pilot evaluation of the first evidence-informed, strength based, digital eLearning program developed for Australian secondary schools to support body image and online safety of young people, has shown significant benefits of the program for stud...
This year’s Yidan Prize Summit in Hong Kong has offered a robust platform for education leaders, researchers, policymakers and philanthropists globally to exchange ideas on innovative means to build resilience in a fast-changing world.
It has been many years now since renowned psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman first began writing about emotional intelligence.
Self-regulation, the ability to manage your own thoughts, emotions and behaviour, begins to develop in the preschool years and its impact is felt well into adult life.
Vaping rates among young people continue to be a major public health concern, both in Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere.
School leadership staff are reportedly sending teachers ‘friend’ requests on social media in a bid to spy on their online activities and capture screenshots to squirrel back up the ranks. EducationHQ spoke with two experts in workplace law who dis...
The 2023 TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) results have brought a combination of hope and concern for New Zealanders, this being the first time scores have increased in a decade, however a new achievement gap has emerge...
