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Isolation, reduced activity, disrupted routines. These are the effects of Covid-19, and the ensuing school closures, have had on our children. Factors which impact a child’s well-being long after school has resumed; something that empirical studies support and that teachers know from experience to be true. Read more
Aspiring teachers will be paid to learn under a new program designed to fast-track quality candidates to teach priority subject areas in regional, rural and hard-to-staff metropolitan secondary schools. Read more
Research conducted by the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has revealed that some primary school-aged children have self-harmed, prompting calls for intervention efforts to start earlier. Read more
First-time tertiary students are set to have the chance to pursue their education goals with applications for Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s 2021 scholarship program now open. Read more
Brookman primary school in Western Australia has achieved an important milestone with it being the first school to be inducted into the Hall of Fame for the state’s flagship school science, technology, engineering and mathematics education (STEM) awards. Read more
Imagine taking students into the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt or through the ruins of Cambodia’s ancient Angkor Wat without leaving the classroom. Read more