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Tech’s too blokey and #WiSTEMpledge looks to change that Women were very much a part of early computing and the internet but that has changed with the industry now dominated by men.

Young inventors’ chance to visit NASA There’s a few days left for budding young inventors to enter Origin’s littleBIGidea competition and potentially win a trip to NASA in the USA.

STEM resources to encourage girls High school students in Western Sydney got a peek at a new resource which aims to get more girls studying science, technology, engineering and maths.

Free lunches in Vic There is such a thing as a free lunch, Victoria is expanding the School Breakfast Clubs Program to offer lunches and school holiday supplies to children who need them.

Soft and academic skills should determine school readiness say parents Parents think that a child should start school when they have the emotional, social and academic ability to do it and the child’s age is less of a concern.

Heavy hitters join forces with QELi for national Deep Learning Lab QELi is partnering with thought leaders Michael Fullan, Joanne McEachen and Joanne Quinn and the Queensland North Coast Region New Pedagogies for Deep Learning Coalition of Schools to bring the Deep Learning Lab to Brissie.

The cost of attracting high-performing teaching students High achievers could be tempted into the ranks of the nation’s school teachers with more money, $80,000 more than teachers currently get.

SBS National Languages Competition 2019 – get involved Encouraging language learning and language retention in Australia, and in recognition of the United Nations’ International Year of Indigenous languages, SBS has launched the SBS National Languages Competition 2019.

Teach For Australia’s fulfilment driven model for attracting high achievers Money is one way to attract high achievers to teaching but it’s not the only way, job satisfaction and fulfillment can be just as effective.

Third of young people experience drug and alcohol problems A new Mission Australia report reveals that three in 10 young people say that alcohol and/or drugs are a problem for their family and peers.

Qualified approval of MiniLit for struggling Year 1 readers Evidence for Learning has published its evaluation report on MiniLit, a small group, phonics-based, program for struggling Year 1 readers. Early support for struggling readers is crucial to putting them on a path to reading achievement, which is a key predictor for future academic success. With an ongoing public debate about effective reading approaches, this report is an important contribution to the discussion. MiniLit did not have an additional impact on passage reading, but there was evidence of significant improvement in foundational skills.

Teach in the US Love it or hate it, you can’t ignore the US and time spent working in the country is the kind of experience that colours a life. The cultural exchange organisation Participate Learning is making the process easier.