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School-based Vaping Prevention After three years of researching and co-designing the intervention with adolescents and school teachers, 5000 high schools students across NSW, QLD and WA are currently enrolled in the OurFutures Vaping Prevention Clinical Trial. My Brain Felt Sad and Then I Cried Seven-year-old Eabha (Ava) came by my office. She would occasionally drop in to tell me one of her stories or to sing me a song, but she seemed preoccupied and wasn’t her usual bubbly self. She played with a fidget she found in the toy box and after a short while, without looking in my direction said, ‘my dad has moved out and my mum has been crying a lot.’ She continued to play with the fidget. Pace of Change Means Vocational Training Focus A rapidly changing, techy jobs market needs an old solution to ensure supply of workers. Underfunding Forces Teachers to Spend their Own Money It's not like teachers are rolling it but a surprising number are being forced to spend their own money on resources so students don’t miss out. The sum often runs to hundreds of dollars each year. It Doesn’t Have to be Lonely at the Top A principalship is usually the culmination of years of teaching and for many is something that happens in your late 40s or 50s, having worked as a senior educator. Crimson Global Academy Among World’s Best Schools A New Zealand school has been named a Top 3 finalist for the $250,000 World’s Best School Prizes 2023. Taking the Awks out of Sex Ed We need to have ‘the talk’ at some stage, but for everyone involved it can be a bit cringe. |
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