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This video, called Generation Lockdown, has been viewed more than 50 million times.
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| UpdatedFake blood, simulated gunfire and barricades. Two Australian men were horrified by how American schools prepare children for a massacre. Now their ad is shaking up the country.
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The WA Government has released a fresh video of the architectural design for the new inner city high school being built in Subiaco, coinciding with the announcement it will be named Bob Hawke College.
Topics: secondary-schools, schools, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, subiaco-6008, perth-6000
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A strong arts curriculum stretches brain power across subjects to improve overall learning, but in Australia it's been in retreat for 20 years.
Topics: music-education, education, subjects, lifelong-learning, play-and-learning, schools, human-interest, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe State Government reveals 40,000 West Australian secondary students — more than any other state — had difficulty connecting to online NAPLAN tests yesterday and gives schools permission to switch back to pen and paper.
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| UpdatedStudents sitting NAPLAN tests across the country are affected by computer glitches and broadband problems, prompting Victoria's Education Minister to instruct schools to consider scrapping online testing and return to paper assessments.
Topics: education, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, primary-schools, schools, secondary-schools, vic, australia
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A Tamworth teacher has developed the first Australian curriculum exploring regenerative agriculture.
Topics: agricultural-crops, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, women-in-agriculture, agribusiness, agriculture, education, environment-education, community-education, secondary-schools, schools, history-education, geography-education, education-collaborative-projects, educational-resources, adult-education, public-schools, primary-schools, tamworth-2340, nsw, vic, tas, armidale-2350, sydney-2000, lismore-2480
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Teaching students to stop exam nerves developing into an anxiety disorder may be the most important lesson they ever learn, writes Mandie Shean.
Topics: mental-health, schools, youth, australia
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The 18-year-old was the lone fatality in a Colorado high school shooting after charging one of the attackers, sacrificing his life to buy classmates time to escape.
Topics: community-and-society, schools, crime, death, human-interest, united-states
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A US student who tackled a school shooter says his classmate died a legend, and he's pleased he was able to stop the shooting.
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| UpdatedCape Barren Geese have been described as 'sheep with wings' as thousands poo and chew their way through the local community and wreak havoc on farmland.
Topics: birds, environment, pest-management, schools, vic, cowes-3922, newhaven-3925, sale-3850, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedTasmanian schools are advised to cross off salami and chocolate chip cookies in a once-a-week Subway fast food offer to students, as funding and staff shortages force some short-term canteen closures.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, schools, children, child-health-and-behaviour, education, tas, hobart-7000, huonville-7109
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A university academic is calling for a change to high school start times arguing the science proves it improves their mood and can help them score a better grade.
Topics: education, secondary-schools, public-schools, schools, maroochydore-4558, sippy-downs-4556, adelaide-5000, templestowe-3106
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| UpdatedA controversial Scientology-affiliated group called Applied Scholastics has entered Samoa's education system — but what is Applied Scholastics and where else around the world are they operating? You might be surprised.
Topics: other-religions, world-politics, education, schools, australia, samoa, united-states
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| UpdatedPreviously students have had to choose between ATAR or VET pathways to pursue academic or vocational studies. Now the system is being shaken up, and here's what it means for students and parents.
Topics: secondary-schools, schools, education, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government instructs state schools to freeze their intake of international students for 2019, as the state grows close to its cap.
Topics: education, secondary-schools, public-schools, primary-schools, schools, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, vic, melbourne-3000, australia
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A South Australian school is warning students, parents and staff about the risk posed by kangaroos on school grounds after two were recently spotted boxing on the oval.
Topics: animals, human-interest, animal-attacks, offbeat, schools, public-schools, marsupials, yankalilla-5203, normanville-5204, myponga-5202, second-valley-5204, rapid-bay-5204, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA workshop at the State Library of Queensland takes a fresh approach to electronic waste by teaching refugee and migrant students to build their own computers, repurposing old government PCs that would otherwise be destined for landfill.
Topics: community-and-society, immigration, education, access-to-education, adult-education, community-education, human-interest, internet-culture, information-and-communication, people, public-sector, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, vocational, subjects, technical, schools, recycling-and-waste-management, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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After a tough few years of bushfires and drought, Coolah Central School students are given something to smile about — an all-expenses-paid experience at Sydney's Royal Easter Show.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, agricultural-shows, education, schools, sydney-2000, coolah-2843
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| UpdatedA new report by La Trobe University finds 80 per cent of teachers have experienced some form of student or parent bullying or harassment over the past nine to 12 months.
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