Variety is the spice of life and a lack of subject options at some schools may prevent year 11 and 12 students from reaching their full potential.
  To boost their students’ options and therefore engagement, The New North Education Initiative (NNEI) saw five schools from Perth provide students subjects that weren't available at their home school. Research on the initiative is now in. Read more

A narrow focus on standardised curriculum in education has reduced creative and critical reasoning skills in Australian students.
   This lack of critical reasoning has contributed to the polarisation of moral issues and politics. It has also created a social media environment that reinforces ideas and beliefs, rather than challenging them through meaningful debate, according to CDU Lecturer in Education Dr Stephen Bolaji.
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The calculus is simple, no teachers mean no education, pinning down a solution to the dwindling workforce is harder.
  A real rethink of how teachers are being trained and how they progress to the workforce is one way to address the problem and that means that states, unis and schools need to work together in some kind of coordinated fashion.
  Simply paying teachers more might merely provide short term enthusiasm. Read more

Seeing School Culture is challenging for most of us for little other reason than we’re not quite sure what we’re looking for.
   It’s a little like searching for a leprechaun or a unicorn in some ways. We think we know what it looks like … but have we ever really seen it in real life? Are there any credible recorded sightings or at least a photo? Culture is not only real but it’s critical to the success of a school.
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There is no bigger stage than F1, its appeal crosses cultures and continents and millions watch weekly as the spectacle unfolds during each race of the season.
   So, fans of McLaren would have noted with some curiosity the DeadlyScience – an Australian STEM in schools not for profit – logo on the car’s livery at the Australian Grand Prix this year, putting awareness of the program in high gear.
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Space exploration and coding come together in a new virtual course hosted by everyone’s favourite Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
   Offering up to 48 coding sessions, students will learn how to code across a diverse range of topics and interests through the AfterSchool program.
   Coders can journey to Mars through interactive games and build animations or apps that depict exoplanets.
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