Report Card: Our review of 2013

Rebecca Vukovic

By Rebecca Vukovic
Published December 13, 2013

IT's certainly been a year full of ups and downs, including a change of federal government, ongoing funding uncertainty and ...

Schools Officer, Grounds - Maleny State High School

Department of Education and Training (Queensland)

Maleny State High School is seeking an experienced and passionate School's Officer, Grounds to join our school community. If you have experience in grounds care and w...

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Administrative Officer - North Lakes State College

Department of Education and Training (Queensland) Brisbane

North Lakes State College (NLSC) is looking for an administration officer with great client service skills to join our team. The role is available for immediate st...

Teaching - Secondary / May 14, 2026

Head of Department - English - Cairns School of Distance Education

Department of Education and Training (Queensland)

Join our dynamic team at Cairns School of Distance Education and step into the exciting role of Head of Department - English. This is your chance to be a pivotal leade...

Teaching - Secondary / May 14, 2026

School news / ‘We took out all the group work’: school’s instructional shift lifts literacy outcomes

Before one small regional Victorian school overhauled its approach to teaching English, there was a lot of ‘busy work’ underway in lessons – but not necessarily much actual learning happening.

School news / Concern grows as Budget targets ‘inappropriate’ disability funding for schools

Described by the Albanese Government as ‘ambitious’ yet grounded in ‘responsible’ economic management, the 2026/27 Budget cracks down on the tax treatment of housing and trusts, and delivers new tax sweeteners to workers – but what’s in it for sch...

School news / Canberra teen accused of planning racist terrorist attack

A teenager has been charged with terror offences over allegations he was planning a terrorist attack motivated by nationalist and racist extremism.

School news / ‘Extremely difficult’: school principal speaks after stabbing

A school principal stabbed in the neck by a teacher who “mentally snapped” after learning his contract would not be renewed has opened up about his ordeal.

School news / Data breach fears for schools and unis grow after suspected ransom note

Names, email addresses and school locations are believed to have been compromised in a global data breach affecting Australian education providers.

School news / Australian teachers let down by flawed critical thinking capability: instructional coach

Australian teachers have been led astray by a prominent general capability in the national curriculum, which is based on the misguided premise that critical thinking can be taught as an abstract skill, a former teacher turned instructional coach h...

School news / Major cyber attack exposes private details of students and school staff

Personal information of Queensland public school students and teachers has been compromised in a massive global data breach affecting millions.

School news / New study probes social media ban’s potential to save dire literacy rates

Could Australia’s social media ban for under 16s help to arrest our alarming decline in youth literacy by freeing up time for more reading?

Opinion / Big Tech has underdelivered but won out in schools

Back in the 1970’s I was a computerphobe. The dire predictions, probably disseminated by IT corporations, warned that computers would make teachers redundant and that any parent who really cared about their child’s education and future would buy t...

School news / ‘Mentally snapped’: inside Melbourne teacher’s knife attack on principal

Colleagues of a teacher who “snapped” and stabbed a school principal say they are still reeling from the attack, as details of his “catastrophic" mental health spiral have emerged.

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