Losing students can be a serious financial drain so an eye should be kept on keeping the ones you’ve got. Fact: acquiring a new student can cost a school anywhere between five to 25 times more than retaining an existing one.
   Unfortunately marketing mostly stops once a lead becomes a student. Many schools focus their marketing efforts on gaining new enrolments but attrition means losing thousands of dollars. Read more

I believe hybrid education is on the way to become the 'new normal'. The virtual learning environment may not be perfect, but it has proven essential in continuously providing education and educators are looking for ways to make the most of edtech in their classrooms. Why? Because edtech makes it possible to reach students beyond classroom walls and create increasingly personalised learning experiences for each student.
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STEM still seems to be a no-go area for school aged girls with a majority opting to discontinue studies in the area.
   But a Flinders Uni program to encourage girls to stay the course with STEM has kicked goals and won the team that came up with it a nomination for Eureka Prize for science.
   More than 90 per cent of participants in the program have continued STEM studies in high school.
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CoreSenses is a learning specialist, helping guide children who require additional support through a tailored program based on neuroscientific research. The team in Sydney faced creating a remote work environment and transforming its on-site classroom facilities into an online learning platform overnight because of lockdown.
   For CoreSenses, a major challenge was supporting students individually across breakout rooms. Read more

Upon entering care, not only are children likely dealing with significant trauma, but they will also experience other barriers and disadvantage in education which can have long lasting negative impacts on their future.
   Reading and a love of books is where it can all start and all children deserve to feel that joy. There are close to 45,000 children in out-of-home care in Australia so the problem needs looking at.
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Young people have been taking up vaping enthusiastically and many will be experiencing the ill effects of that decision in years to come.
   The ingredients of many of the e-liquids used in vaping include those that are commonly used in household disinfectant, petroleum, cosmetics, paint and even eugenol which is commonly used to euthanise fish.
Users are generally young, 26 per cent of 18- 24-year-olds have vaped. Read more