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Government literacy program in remote schools has negative effect A $30-million Federal Government program designed to improve literacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in very remote schools has failed.

Australia’s first ever virtual national careers expo Torrens University Australia has joined forces with universities and higher education institutions to organise the nation’s first ever virtual careers expo.

Skills and thrills encourages activities while at home Online camps via Skills and Thrills make sure that kids aren’t stuck in front of the telly or playing video games all day.

Experts call for ATAR equity measures States and the Commonwealth have agreed that students will graduate with ATARs and the cohort will not have to repeat the year.

Activities from fintech experts downloadable The Girls4Tech™ program which has been designed to encourage girls into STEAM has made available a suite of educational resources built on global science and math standards.

State Library Victoria doors closed, resources very open Australia’s oldest public library is offering free access to a range of collections, eresources and online services while its physical doors are closed.

Limbo for teachers causing a planning headache In the background of the ‘should we close schools?’ debate, teachers around Australia are frantically trying to prepare months of lesson plans for students at home. Whilst this limbo may be unavoidable, it is creating a headache for teachers

Wireless solution provides reliable Internet speeds to 1 Gbps Two very different schools – one in country Victoria and another in Melbourne’s inner east – faced the same problem; a shortfall in Internet reliability which was compromising their increasingly IT dependent teaching approach.

Career planning for educators Working with educators and executives across a range of school systems, dynamics and positions, we find many are lacking both the time and knowledge to position themselves for their next step, or to even contemplate what that might look like

Resources and virtual experiences for locked down kids Merlin Entertainments ANZ, owner and operator of SEA LIFE Aquariums, WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo and other first rate attractions have launched a free education resource portal ‘Merlin’s Education Toolbox’.

Walls of enrichment with STEAM enhancing Nanoleaf We’re a visual species and the kids doubly so, but time spent on the screens should be limited and one way of doing that is by giving them something else to look at.

UniSA confident SA schools can transition to online education UniSA’s Head of School: Education, Prof Shane Dawson, believes this will be a challenging period for teachers, students and parents alike, but says the broad ambition of delivering an online curriculum for the majority of the State’s school students is achievable.