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 For Education Leaders
Appointing New Principals and the Importance of Continuity in Leadership  As educational leaders, principals have the unique opportunity to shape not just the academic outcomes but also the very soul of the school. By respecting the legacy and building on it, they can ensure that the school continues to thrive in an ever-evolving educational landscape. Read more Australia is a Maths Leader?  The trope holds that there is something wrong with maths teaching in Australia, we’re falling behind, the students aren’t engaged, things aren’t looking great for the STEM centric future. But that isn’t entirely true, Australia leads the way in a segment of mathematics that will be fundamental in a world where data is currency. We’re a leader globally in statistics education placing Australia at the frontier of a data science, AI driven, machine learning age. Read more How Secure Schools is Helping Schools to Keep Cyber Attackers at Bay  According to the Australian Cyber Security Centre, the education sector reported the most ransomware incidents of all reporting sectors in 2021-22, rising from fourth in 2020-21. The Effect of Digital Technologies on Kids  Children are immersed in technology from a very young age, often before they can read and write, kids are handed an ipad and begin to navigate the digital world. Understanding and Applying the Difference  Hard goals, and working hard towards these goals, tend to bring greater value. The aim of promoting and engaging in the action of purposefully seeking out hard goals, according to Kevin Linderman et al., is to extend the individual mentally, emotionally, intellectually and physically because hard goals are (more often than not), “closer to the upper limit of an individual’s capacity to perform than to their initial level of performance.” Read more Competition a First Step in STEM Careers  One strategy that seems to work well to encourage continued STEM study is building enthusiasm and exposure to STEM in high school. 
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