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Regional students’ tech solutions for real life problems The regions obviously do tech well with four teams of high school students from rural Australia taking part in a three-day challenge to design and present tech solutions to real-world problems facing their communities.

Immigrant parents can push kids in the wrong direction Immigrant parents want the best for their children like everyone else but cultural and aspirational factors can lead them to push their kids too hard and often in directions that they can’t cope with.

Key education event posts 10% visitor growth Registration numbers at the National Education Summit were up 10% on last year, with strong attendance across The Education Show and break out events.

Mental health in the picture in September Mental health is under the spotlight in September with three awareness days this month: Child Protection Week (Sept 1-7); World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10) and RU OK Day (Sept 12) focusing discussions around mental health.

New book explores the global problem of teacher retention We need a lot of teachers but many of the best stay a short while in the profession and change jobs, it’s a global problem and one that resists any single solution.

Tech Girl superhero portal The Tech Girls Movement Foundation (TGMF) will have a smart new portal for the Search for the Next Tech Girl Superhero Competition.

Ripple effect of toxic executives in schools   The dark side of leadership in our primary and high schools has been exposed, with mental and physical harm wreaked by bad leaders being revealed as widespread and commonplace.

Anti-stress strategies needed for exam time It’s nearly exam time and the kids are stressed, something can be done though, and it starts with encouraging them to ask for help and getting some strategies in place, though currently most don’t do either.

Sphero® New Mini Soccer makes for fun coding Sphero Mini Soccer a robotic ball and accessories that makes learning to code feel more like fun than work, it includes a mini app-enabled robotic ball plus eight cones to inspire creative challenges.

Free in-school road safety program for rural secondary schools The Road to Zero Regional In-School Program is a new pop-up exhibition and curriculum-linked education program based on the world-first Road to Zero experience at Melbourne Museum.

Government offers $20,000 grants for schools to participate in STEM The Government is offering grants of up to $20,000 for schools and organisations to give kids science opportunities in Australia and abroad.

Women bring different perspective to tech Rebecca McDonald is Founder and CEO of Library For All, a scalable and cost-effective cloud-based free digital library application that delivers a curated collection of books and educational resources to schools in the developing world.