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Cooler schools even with rising temperatures School might be cool, but with summers becoming hotter it can be quite the opposite; however, by following some design principles much of the heat can be taken out of campus buildings.

40,000 disadvantaged students to receive free vision screening State Schools’ Relief rolls out ‘Glasses for Kids’, a three year program to help re-balance disadvantage due to vision impairment.

Stolen Generations survivor Archie Roach’s teaching resources Archie Roach, AM and 2020 Victorian of the Year, has gathered Stolen Generations Elders from around the country to develop The Archie Roach Stolen Generations Educational Resources.

As Melbourne students head back to class, how can we use this as an opportunity to improve learning outcomes? How can we complement traditional teaching methods with the digital technologies that have proved vital this year?

Mathematics minus Numeracy: A first step toward decluttering We hope that the work to review the mathematics (and digital technologies) curriculum over the next 12 months does indeed result in clarity about what is to be taught.

Valued teachers make for better students Unloved, under-appreciated, overworked the teacher’s lot can be a fraught one, but if you want the best for students it’s better to show teacher a bit of appreciation.

Hop around for exam success Instead of trying to learn the whole syllabus in a successive, topic by topic way, students should try a bit of jumping around.

Change your mind about change We are frequently reminded of the increasing pace of change. Economic, technological and societal change are global forces of disruption, which have significant implications for all organisations.

Disabled students face exclusion from education Disabled students are not being served well by the current educational set up leading to their exclusion, experts addressing the Disability Royal Commission have recommended a rethink.

‘The talk’ made easier 'The talk' or talks about confronting issues made easier with recently minted resource.

Eddie Woo does the Opera House The Sydney Opera House’s new video series, Maths of the Sydney Opera House, developed in collaboration with Eddie Woo is now running.

Victorian Government’s 4100 Tutors welcomed Bodies supporting underprivileged and special needs students have welcomed the Vic government’s deployment of 4100 tutors to support learning in 2021.