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Federal museum cracks student engagement

Educators stand to learn a lot from the Australian National Maritime Museum which is enjoying record-breaking numbers

Should you introduce mental health days?

A growing number of corporate employers encourage staff to take days off to focus on their mental wellness – should your school do the same?

How to handle an aggressive parent

Abusive or violent parents are a major disruption and a danger to others – here, a leading education lawyer explains how schools should respond

Are we looking for the wrong skills in principals?

A senior industry figure says principals are being selected based on outdated skills which are no longer relevant to contemporary education

Should schools be talking about the same-sex marriage vote?

It’s dominating Australian media right now and many students will be curious about the contentious political issue

Top educator urges principals to drop the "me"

An award-winning principal shares some important advice which he’s followed for over 30 years

Is this Australia’s most remote principal?

The Educator catches up with an award-winning principal who’s based in the middle of the Great Victoria Desert

Lawyer reveals most common social-media mistake

Schools are still getting to grips with the legal intricacies of social media

Can you ban a parent from the school grounds?

A leading education lawyer explains how schools can respond if a parent’s behaviour is inappropriate or unacceptable

Principal wellbeing a “major concern"

Stress is a significant barrier for education leaders but it can take a personal crisis before some principals realise there’s a problem