The Educator Weekend Wrap: Students hospitalised, ‘shocking’ school closure & ‘an ambitious vision'

This week’s top story: Dozens of classrooms at Concord High School in NSW were evacuated and several students hospitalised on Tuesday following a science experiment gone wrong. Read more here.

In other news: Teachers and school support staff at one Townsville school were left shocked and bewildered after learning of its closure through local media reports. Read more here.

Finally: The Educator spoke to Murat Dizdar, the deputy secretary of operations and performance at the NSW Department of Education, on how educational leadership can be improved in Australian schools. Read more here.