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Bright young tech minds uncovered A recent innovation challenge run by Mastercard sought to find the brightest young tech minds in the country and it looks like the quest was successful with Celia, 12, from Western Australia winning with a digital program called ‘HoloTeach'.

Canva now free to schools, integrates with Google Education Canva is now making its service available to schools for free and is also integrating with Google for Education’s ubiquitous suite of learning tools.

Outdated 3D printers hampering creativity It’s looking increasingly like 3D printing will transform design and engineering in the future and that’s a good reason to give students a thorough grounding in the technology. The problem is the current curriculum is found wanting in the area of 3D printing and word from industry is that old equipment is holding kids back.

Praise encourages good student behaviour Some positive reinforcement works far better than scolding criticism when it comes to boosting students’ performance and the more praise the better new research has found.

Is this the way to fill the teaching skills gap? Teachers are hard to find, maths and science teachers more so, the reasons are many and taking the problem on requires some innovation around the way schools are staffed.

Studying overseas made easier with Studee Time spent in a university overseas underpins a global outlook but the process can be arcane, just how do you navigate an application to a uni that’s thousands of miles away? Well there's now a start up for that.

Back to school financial relief for cash-short Vic families The cost of sending kids to school is rising fast, increasing by 13% over the last 12 months, placing financial pressure on families as children return to classrooms for 2020.  

Most Australian students do not try on PISA Tests We make students do a lot of tests on top of their regular exams, the fact is that they could well be sick of it and are choosing to focus on the testing that effects them directly above programs like NAPLAN and PISA.

Dancing towards a better school community Seven years into Hoppers Crossing Secondary College’s Story-Dance experience with Wakakirri there have been some noticeable changes at the school.

Maths and science decline can be defused Another PISA and there’s another round of concern around how badly the students are doing at maths, there are future consequences, dire ones, a workforce lacking maths proficiency is at a severe disadvantage.

Pasi Sahlberg – devices and disadvantage behind poor performance Many western countries have seen a decline in student performance and leading academic Pasi Sahlberg says they all share a common factor, the introduction of digital devices.

Be Active Challenge increases activity A total of $50,000 has been awarded to 50 schools recognised for their outstanding achievement in this year’s South Australian Premier’s Be Active Challenge.