Following his keynote address at the EduTECH National Congress and Expo, award-winning principal and best-selling author Eric Sheninger sat down with EducationHQ to talk about school leadership, technology, and why schools are so reluctant to boast about their successes.
A Queensland parliamentary petition calling for controversial sunscreen chemicals banned or restricted overseas to be kept out of government schools and workplaces, and state-funded projects, is rapidly gaining traction, approaching 1500 signatures.
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and the Australian Coalition for School Libraries (ACSL) say they are “extremely concerned” by the announcement from Catholic Schools Maitland-Newcastle that they plan to cut teacher librar...
International Literacy Day held each year on September 8th is a chance to come together as educators to celebrate what it means to be part of the literacy journey for all students.
A mother has revealed her anguish over how and when to tell her young daughter she had been targeted by a deepfake image creator who distributed sexualised pictures.
Almost one third of lesson time is lost to student misbehaviour in Australian classrooms, a new study has warned, suggesting repeated low-level disruptions that can derail learning and escalate into more violent behaviour have become normalised.
An Australian-first move to limit take-home assessments for Year 10-12 students has been given the thumbs up by an AI in education expert who calls it “a step that needed to be taken”.
The largest survey investigating how teachers are experiencing sexism, misogyny and sexual harassment in Australian schools has unveiled the true scale of the problem, warning governments must act now to address the worsening gendered violence as ...
Social media empires are being put on notice for content that promotes controlling, violent sexual acts.
Around 8.5 million Australian adults lack basic financial literacy – that’s about 45 per cent of the adult population. It’s leading to severe personal and societal consequences and it’s something schools simply have to start prioritising, accordin...
Children, Elders, musicians, authors, artists and astrophysicists are convening at the Sydney Opera House this week for the 19th Indigenous Literacy Day.
