New resource explains Australia’s democratic freedoms
Democracy is easily taken for granted but sorely missed if it is taken away and some new resources for Years 7 to 10 explore the nature and origins of our democratic freedoms.
The Smithsonian’s digital outreach
Over seven million visitors last year confirmed the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum's popularity and increasingly you don't have to visit the states to see it as its attractions are being digitised.
Fewer first-year uni students believe god created us
A 32-year-long Australian study reveals steep decline in student belief that God created humans as Australian university students give far more credit to the science of human evolution and far less to creationism.
Kiwis prove better at maths, again
Drats, students from Tkkm O Te Ara Rima, New Zealand, have beaten hundreds of thousands of other students across Australia and New Zealand, to come first place in the annual Matific Games.
WA’s Peel Students to get boost for Uni
Peel WA is a rural and mining area whose major city is Mandurah, it also suffers from a pretty low transfer rate from high school to university which a new program from the University of WA is looking to address.
A shoulder to cry on, on your device
We all need someone to talk to sometimes and failing the availability of a friend or family member What's right – Thrive is always there for you.
11 thousand voices against public school funding cuts
Some 11,000 public-school supporters signed an open letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull criticising his government’s cutting $1.9 billion in funding for public schools in 2018 and 2019.
Most parents unaware of kids’ bone health
Some 92% of parents believe that their children are getting enough calcium, vitamin D and exercise but most are mistaken; only one-third of children consume the recommended daily serves of dairy foods.
EEF has some good advice for Australia
Like it or not your background has a strong, very strong, bearing on how your education and life will pan out and the UK’s Education Endowment Foundation has been doing its honest best to level out the playing field.
