Education
Advocates fear relationships website still promotes harmful messages to young people
Women’s groups pointed to a video still on the government website, in which the woman pressures the man to watch a movie about clowns murdering children.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Schools could hold the key to shaping attitudes towards gender
Pilot program finds year 1 and 2 students are less likely to display stereotypical attitudes towards gender if schools teach gender relations and examine their own policies, including how they treat women on staff.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Gas cookers in homes have same impact on children as passive smoking: report
A Climate Council report says unflued gas heaters should be removed from schools and warns that for kids with asthma, gas cooking at home is akin to passive smoking.
- by Jordan Baker
Some high school students ‘haven’t developed’ after their year in lockdown
Principals are reporting that some students – particularly those now in years 7, 8 and 11 – are having difficulties with readjusting to life at school.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Opinion
Schools
We must protect our teachers, or there will be no one left to teach
The ‘red card’ system to deal with aggressive school parents is a good step, but it will need support to be successful.
- by Malcolm Elliott
‘Wouldn’t have been able to afford it’: Private schools axe staff discounts
Some schools now offer no discounts for new staff while maintaining generous reductions for longer-serving employees.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
New laws to ban aggressive school parents
The proposed laws would give public and non-government schools the ability to dictate the way aggressive parents or carers can interact with the school. Those caught breaking orders could be fined up to $10,000.
- by Rachael Dexter
Curriculum review: Schools already shedding ‘white-washed’ version of history
A review of Australia’s curriculum found numerous concerns, including a lack of “truth-telling” about the experiences of First Nations.
- by Adam Carey
Editorial
Education
Curriculum plan deserves support, not a retread of the history wars
There is much ground to be made up in Australian schools in learning about the full gamut of our past. We must be better informed about all sides of our history.
- The Age's View
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Education
HSC, NAPLAN targets for every school, but principals warn of perverse outcomes
Principals warn the benchmarks could lead to “peverse” outcomes such as students being pressured to do easier HSC subjects, or schools refusing to take difficult kids.
- by Jordan Baker
‘Up and not out’: Sydney to get more vertical schools in highly populated areas
A shortage of affordable land in densely populated parts of Sydney is forcing education officials to consider building more vertical schools.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Megan Gorrey