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Students sing their Songs of Belonging with Opera Queensland’s help Yeronga State High School in inner-south Brisbane school has partnered with Opera Queensland to develop a stripped back opera to spotlight the stories and vocal abilities of its diverse student body.

Pay attention to ADHD kids Interventions which include one-to-one support and a focus on self-regulation improved academic outcomes in kids with ADHD providing an alternative to medication.

Personal and social capabilities teaching lacking in Australia Despite the importance of mental wellbeing, a majority of teachers don’t feel equipped or supported to teach personal and social capabilities.

Integrated suicide prevention works best A study has found youth-specific interventions conducted in clinical, educational and community settings can be effective in helping those at risk of suicide.

Competition makes for excellence in Qld school architecture Queensland is firming up its reputation as a hotbed of independent education, there is strong competition for students and that means parents are becoming very discerning about the schools they choose for their children.

Top professionals find meaning in teaching Engineers, scientists and lawyers comprised 70% of all applicants for the 2019 Teach For Australia (TFA) cohort indicating that teaching offers the professional satisfaction that other careers don’t.

Maths Pathway raises $2.1 million to change the way mathematics is taught in schools Melbourne-based Maths Pathway is changing the way Year 5 to Year 10 students learn maths, leveraging technology, classroom best-practice and professional learning to enable teachers to target each student’s point of need. 

St Peter’s Girls’ School all in on interactive screens Promethean ActivPanels help to decentralise Middle School classroom spaces at St Peter’s Girls’ School in Adelaide, helping with student collaboration.

Billy Tea duo brings bush dance fun to schools The Billy Tea Bush Band has been traveling around Australia for the past decade, with the main objective of connecting school communities “one bush dance at a time”.

Workplace stress driving teachers to consider resignation Educators pursuing psychological advice for a range of occupational issues has risen by 36% since 2013 and today, over one in ten (13%) is considering resignation according to new referrals data.

Grants to boost makeyness in schools Grants between $2000 and $20,000 will be available to fund Maker Projects opening on Thursday 8 November. Grants are offered through two streams. Stream A is for primary and secondary schools.

Australia languishes in the bottom third of comparable countries for education equality Australia does a lot of things well but promoting equality in education isn’t one of them, we rank in the bottom third of 40 comparable countries in this regard.