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 For Education Leaders
Becoming More Psychohygienic  The school year is coming to an end, many won't be feeling as mentally well as they could. But you can change negative thoughts and feelings by introducing some psychohygiene, that means encouraging self-observation skills, self-regulation, identifying your purpose, realising your boundaries, being determined, staying internal, and fine-tuning your motivational intelligence. Read more School League Tables Harmful  When My School is updated the temptation is to treat these results as you would a competition. VR Gets Kids Talking  Social communication disorders (SCD) involve persistent verbal and non-verbal communication difficulties, significantly impacting children and adolescents’ social interactions. There is strong evidence that virtual reality (VR) techniques help break down these communication barriers. Clear Frameworks Key to Helping Schools Tackle Racism  Clear, consistent frameworks support safer, more inclusive school communities says new research into racism in South Australian schools. Schools are the most common setting where young people experience racism, with alarming rates of incidents reported nationwide. At the research school site, 80 per cent of students had witnessed or experienced racism more than once in the past year, nearly half said they encountered it weekly. Read more Bureaucracy Eats Public School Funding  The growth in administrative staff in schools and in central departments has far outstripped the increase in teachers and students since 2015. The most dramatic staffing growth has occurred in state education departments. The growth in administrative staff reflects increasing reporting and compliance regulations required by governments and is absorbing an increasing proportion of expenditure on public schools. Read more Neurodivergent Children Are Asking to Be Seen, Not Fixed  Too often, we talk about neurodiversity as though awareness alone is enough - in reality, it isn’t. 
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