Principal questions value of China STEM trip
Education policy leaders are off to China to get lessons on how to improve Australia’s stagnating STEM outcomes. But is this the right strategy?
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Opinion: The education policy debate is a soap opera
Australia is embroiling itself in a self-destructive discourse in school education, warns principal, Henry Grossek
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Opinion: Inclusion rules the day
The public outrage that followed Pauline Hanson’s recent remarks has been encouraging, says principal, Henry Grossek
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Principal ‘chased disabled students’ in car
The NSW Education Department has revealed shocking allegations of abuse towards disabled students
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Principal slams ‘populism-driven’ politics for holding schools back
One principal warns that the egos of Australia’s leaders are holding schools back and giving extremist viewpoints credence that they would not otherwise have
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Principals respond to new enrolment figures
New figures show that more than half of Victorian parents avoid sending their child to a local school. The Educator speaks to principals to get their take on why
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Police charge alleged school bomb hoaxer
A major police operation has led to the arrest of an Israeli national allegedly responsible for a string of bomb and shooting hoaxes in 2016
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Opinion: Dreaming the impossible dream
The move toward a broader basis for student engagement and success could be the dawn of a new era in our school system, says Berwick Lodge Primary School principal, Henry Grossek
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‘You cannot make a declaration about what you might do in the future’ – principals
The Australian Principals Federation has backed angry school heads who are revolting against a controversial policy
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Principals seeking legal advice over ‘insulting’ request
Victorian schools are being threatened with deregistration if they fail to sign a controversial statutory declaration that they call “professionally insulting”