Children routinely struggle with reading and writing, and linguist Lyn Stone say that it can be traced back to what teachers are being taught during their training, or not.
   She doesn't mince words: "Teachers are graduating without practical knowledge of spelling, handwriting and sentence construction. Teacher training institutes, for the most part, are run by academics who have a poor grasp of the up-to-date research." Read more

Scientific breakthroughs, like number one hits or the latest viral sensation, often seem to come out of nowhere.
  But ask any athlete, musician, actor, entrepreneur or scientist and they will tell you that any ‘overnight’ success was anything but instant. Success is built on a formula of time, skills, resources and, of course, a bit of luck. And while, we might be the Lucky Country, we cannot rely on luck alone to produce our next big breakthrough. Read more

A tool that produces a lesson outline in seconds may still create extra work when a teacher must check every claim, adjust the reading level, remove unsuitable examples, protect student information and explain why the output cannot simply be accepted.
   The missing measure is not adoption. It is net workload.Schools should require an AI workload receipt for every recurring use they plan to scale. The receipt would record the task and time saved. Read more

There are heaps of National Science week events, far too many to list conveniently, but the organisers have made it easy to get amongst it with online events and ones that you can visit in person.
   Absolutely world class CSIRO robots for disasters, oceans or space can be explored in an online activity.
   CSIRO Robot Responders lets young people step into the role of a robotics engineer. Read more

Schools across NSW face growing enrolment pressures and increasing demand for modern learning environments and Maitland Christian School is a case in point. Maitland, the area north of Newcastle, is seeing growth of just under 3 per cent a year, one of the highest in the state, which means more students, many more students. The challenge lies in undertaking a major staged expansion program while maintaining day-to-day operations. Read more