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‘Scene of carnage’: car ploughs into classroom

Two children have been killed after a car ploughed into a classroom at a Sydney school

‘A truly open-entry school’

The Educator speaks to Tintern Grammar principal, Brad Fry, about how his school is helping its students thrive, 140 years on

Australia’s international student intake hits record high

ABS data shows that international education continues to boom in Australia, reaching more than $28bn in 2017

Govt announces major STEM initiative for schools

The Federal Government has thrown its backing behind a new initiative from school principals aimed at enhancing leadership and changing the way Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is taught in classrooms

Award-winning school shares its recipe for STEM success

The Educator speaks to the principal of a school that has won multiple awards for STEM innovation and best practice

PD event offers new innovations and teaching ideas

The Educator speaks to some of the attendees of a recent education event which provided a range of professional development tools and resources

Science mentors can make a difference – study

New research shows that the involvement of “community science experts” in primary schools can transform student attitudes towards science

The Educator Weekend Wrap: Schools strike, Resourcing Board announced & key educators recognised

Making news this week, thousands of teachers go on strike, the Federal Government appoints a National School Resourcing Board and some of education’s most influential leaders are recognised in an awards ceremony

School’s STEM unit crafts ‘flexible minds’

The Educator looks at one school that is making leaps and bounds when it comes to inspiring a love of STEM education in its girls

Catholic school fee increase claims ‘simplistic’

Claims that school fee increases are required due to funding cuts have been labelled as ‘simplistic’ by the union representing Catholic school staff