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Expert advice for Year 12 assessments As Year 12 students enter the final leg of an unusually challenging school year the key to coping lies in being adaptable and realising that there’s more than one way to skin a cat.

Here’s why monitoring mental health is more important than ever this year While it’s too soon for any large-scale research on how the coronavirus outbreak will impact our young people in the long-term, we are already seeing mental health issues being exacerbated by the pandemic.

Deep Work: Sunk on the treacherous shoals of time control in tough schools How school leaders, including teacher leaders developed while engaging in activities that would promote deep learning, and consequentially influence their leadership effectiveness. 

Talk-and-Walk-a-Thon to build connections and beat isolation Peer Support Australia’s annual Talk-and-Walk-a-Thon has returned during a time when 40 per cent of young people report concern for their mental health.

YouTube Scholarship to NIDA supports diversity YouTube has committed USD $100,000 (approximately AUD $135,000) worth of scholarships for three creative individuals to study at NIDA.

Screen time should be shared time Children are heavy users of screens and they need some guidance as to what is acceptable and where screen use starts to be negative.

Literacy rates are in decline. Let’s do something about it If you've been working in education over the last decade, you probably already know what the data is now telling us. Australia's high school students just aren't writing at the same level as they once were.

Mental health tools for Victorian secondary school students Free, tailored mental health and wellbeing tools to support students in a tough year.

Why we need to teach students about skin cancer prevention It seems our young people have adopted our love for the sun, which can have serious consequences.

No Failure Learning: growing the skills and knowledge in every student Most of the teachers and other staff in schools are motivated by the moral intent of doing goodfor the students in our care,  and  this  has pushed our exploration of no failure learning in our schools.

Australian students among the best in maths and informatics Olympiads Two teams of Australian high school students took gold, silver and bronze in the 61st International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) and the 32nd International Olympiad in Informatics.

How educators can better navigate the complex topic of pornography and relationships A staggering 70 per cent of children aged 7–18 years old have accidentally encountered pornographic material online, often through a web search while doing their homework.