Schools
Ethics in the classroom
Teaching ethics to kids was always going to be tricky curriculum. Now, the ethics course being taught in schools across NSW......
NT intervention continues, welfare to be linked to school attendance
The Federal Government has today proposed reforming the Northern Territory intervention welfare policy to link parents’ welfare payments to their......
Homophobia in our schools
School yard bullying is a growing concern in school yards. In today’s politically correct society more and more attention is......
Steiner Independent Curriculum
The new national education curriculum is due to be introduced in to Australian schools from 2012. Only three education systems......
Stronger mental health focus in primary schools
New research has found that a national program that boosts kids’ emotional health could also help them do better academically.......
Kids grow, harvest and cook with Kitchen Garden Foundation
Stephanie Alexanders Kitchen Garden Foundation started in 2001 and has since been introduced to over 180 schools nation wide. The......
Wear it purple day!
Following a recent spate of American Teens taking their own lives after suffering relentless bullying related to their sexuality or......
Should the government fund chaplains in state schools?
The federal government’s decision to invest 220 million dollars toward the National Schools Chaplaincy Program has sparked a debate between......
Getting Indigenous culture taught in schools.
Australian Aboriginal musicians are being invited to join a programme to teach culture through music in schools across Australia. It’s......
Catholic Church weighs into ethics debate
The Catholic Church has weighed into the “ethics-in-schools” debate by suggesting that proposed ethics classes should not be conducted at......