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16 year old UWA music prodigy best in the world Ready for a what am I doing with my life moment? Here you go; 16-year-old Shuan Hern Lee a student from The University of Western Australia has been named the best junior pianist in the world.

Vivid Sydney shared with students from regional Australia Students from Mount Burr in South Australia will get the opportunity to visit the emerald city and see the world-famous Vivid festival, evening up the disparity in experiences between city and regional students.

The 8 Dimensions of Learning Power Given the measurement and assessment challenges faced by schooling systems around the world, it’s critical that we can find and utilise formative assessment strategies. The best formative assessment strategies encourage students to develop their own sense of identity and purpose...

Picasso Cows – making art and learning about nutrition Dairy Australia invites teachers to register their interest for the upcoming Term 3 intake of the curriculum-based learning program, Picasso Cows.

A different approach to educating boys Founded by AFL footballer Alex Rance and Luke Surace, the aim of the The Academy is to challenge the education system’s 'one size fits all’ approach.

Alex Wharton is Copyright Agency first Reading Australia Fellow Alex Wharton from Carinya Christian School in Gunnedah, NSW, is the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund’s first Reading Australia Fellow for a Teacher of English and Literacy.

Music teachers get rock star moment The Song Room and ARIA have announced that entries for the third Telstra ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award are now open.

ATO’s 2019 Tax, Super + You competition, $6k pool to be won “I’d like to tell you about superannuation, so you can retire without frustration” those were the opening words of last year’s Superannuation rap which won a prize in the 2018 Tax, Super + You competition.

The Limits of Lesson Observation In many education systems, it is a mandatory requirement that every teacher undergoes at least an annual observation by their school leader. Heads and principals generally use some form of rubric or scoring sheet and rate their teachers against this.   At our last count, we located 120+ observation forms that had been published with some evidence about their reliability and validity. These observations are often used for performance management...

School starts for the inaugural Vivid School The inaugural Vivid School started Monday 27 May with more than 1000 students and teachers taking part in the ground-breaking program that looks to inspire the Vivid Sydney artists and collaborators of the future.

Melbourne Grammar School has new Headmaster Old boy Philip Grutzner is Melbourne Grammar’s 15th Headmaster and will take up the position in January 2020, following the retirement of Headmaster Mr Roy Kelley after 11 years at the helm.

Kids discover opera through pioneering Livestream Program Opera is and old format but is being brought to new audiences through a new one with Victorian Opera’s pioneering Access All Areas: Livestream Program.