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‘No room for politics in STEM education’ – expert
STEM capability is essential to Australia’s future security and capacity to compete as a global innovator, says AMSI Director, Professor Tim Brown
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Principals call for zero tolerance after stabbing
The peak body for primary school principals in NSW has called for tougher action on school violence after a Byron Bay teacher was stabbed
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Phone bans a ‘simple but ineffective solution’
Pasi Sahlberg says the issue of limiting students’ phone use is best handled in close collaboration with children and their parents – not through bans by schools and Departments
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‘Forget about ATAR: Australia has a teacher recruitment problem’
The ATAR is more of an issue around teacher recruitment than teacher selection, says an education expert
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Principals receive Harvard scholarship
Three outstanding school leaders will soon travel to the Harvard Graduate School of Education to undertake a professional education program
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Year 6 student makes moving speech to Indigenous leaders
The Trinity Grammar School student recently made an impassioned speech at Reconciliation Australia’s monthly staff meeting
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Opinion: Rising to the sustainability challenge
The time is now to create higher performing, future ready schools that help youth access the tools they need to save our planet, writes FrenchEnviro founder, Dan French
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Private school launches ‘unrivalled’ innovation centre
The futuristic centre includes programmable drones, Australia’s first holographic wearable computer, 3D printers, writeable glass and a green screen studio
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The new paradigm in teacher recruitment
One principal tells The Educator how effective teamwork has helped her school’s teaching staff thrive
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Tension between parents and educators rising
Several educators have spoken out about the increasing tension that is fuelling violent incidents in Australia’s schools