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For Education Leaders

Noah Wants to Go Home

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The 2025 disability guidelines promise equity - but provide no extra staff, no new time, no added support. And on a Friday in the suburbs, it’s one public school teacher. Two dozen children. A quarter with complex needs. When even the most committed teachers are overwhelmed, it’s not a personal failure. Read more

Early Positive Education Experiences Essential

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Early school experiences shape a child's long-term confidence and academic success, research shows, and schools should prioritise relationships, a sense of belonging, and family involvement over logistics to help create an environment that children feel safe in.
   Schools can do more than just help children simply 'survive' the critical transition from kindy to school proper.
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60 Richest Private Schools get Over $350 Million in Untaxed Income

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Sixty private schools serving the richest families in Australia raked in over $350 million from donations, investment income and other income in 2023.
    This money is ignored by governments when determining taxpayer funding of these schools.
    It means they are being over-funded compared to public and other private schools that do not have similar income streams. Read more

Protect Your Energy Like It’s the Last Chocolate Biscuit

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Not long ago, I sat down with a principal who had just come through what can only be described as a brutal term. Staff shortages, parent pressure, community challenges - you name it.
   Yet somehow, she remained grounded. Calm. Still showing up for her team.
   When I asked how she did it, she smiled and said: “I treat my energy like it’s the last chocolate biscuit.”
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Why Australia’s Most Effective Schools are Blending Print and Digital

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While digital platforms offer extraordinary benefits, from accessibility and inclusivity to real-time data and AI-supported personalisation, print brings something equally essential: focus, tactility, and freedom from distraction.
   In our latest research, educators told us that print supports deep work in a way screens often can’t. The physical act of turning a page can be cognitively beneficial. Read more

Building the Independence of High School Students

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Following a collaborative co-design phase with young people and their support networks last year, a fun and creative music-based program called The Indie Project launched at Loganlea and Gold Coast with the aim of building self-confidence and peer connections.
     Delivered by community service organisation Social Futures, The Indie Project aims to build the independence of high school students who are living with neurodivergence. Read more