2+ week, 6+ day ago   (757+ words) Amid rising concerns about aggression in classrooms and playgrounds teachers have been calling for resources to help students control their emotions. Children are finding it harder to regulate their emotions, Foundation director Matt Cronin says and the program has been…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (645+ words) When Amilie Courtney was a student at a Catholic school she felt segregated, was often called by a former name and wasn’t allowed to compete in sporting events. Catholic Education Tasmania will continue to review its educational environments and is…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1192+ words) With the Federal Government having just announced its $10 million Let’s Stop Bullying campaign, one expert in outdoor safety is urging schools to apply the same scrutiny to the setting where bullying is hardest to see and has the most impact…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1424+ words) Preservice teachers could soon have to undergo significant anti-bulling intervention training as part of their degree, the federal education minister has indicated. Speaking on Weekend Sunrise with host Monique Wright yesterday, Jason Clare said ITE courses currently dedicate too little…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1152+ words) Dire warnings have been fired to governments following potentially disastrous revelations that Australia has met just one of 19 targets to address Indigenous disadvantage. At the halfway mark of the 2031 Closing the Gap agreement, First Nations pre-school enrolments are the sole…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1509+ words) Our education institutions need to implement stronger access controls including multi-factor authentication, tighter identity management and encryption if we are to have any hope in this ongoing battle. The 600GB of stolen data allegedly contained passport scans, passwords and usernames, family…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1181+ words) Reports of teachers being watched via surveillance cameras by school leaders who monitor their attendance at mandated meetings have surfaced, with some saying teaching staff are treated like students in a workplace that now carries Big Brother undertones. Even when…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1234+ words) Teachers describe students arriving less able to regulate their emotions, sustain attention or navigate peer conflict without adult support. What’s unfolding in classrooms reflects a convergence of forces – a generation whose early years coincided with ubiquitous touchscreens, and whose developmental…...