Some basic initiatives can make a big difference in how trans and gender diverse people experience their education. For one, research has shown that providing social support and using trans, gender diverse, and non-binary (TGDNB) people’s chosen name can drastically reduce depressive symptoms.
  In early 2020, Edith Cowan University (ECU) identified the need for a proactive approach to supporting and affirming TGDNB students and staff. Read more

The new Fox Kid book series has been designed for kids that struggle to read or have dyslexia and is the only decodable series of its kind in Australia.
   About 10% of Australian primary school kids have significant reading difficulties and even more struggle to master the skill without specific teaching support. This can be compounded by the embarrassment of having to try to read lower-level readers in class. Read more

Expert rock climbers Aaron Lowndes and Hamid Shafaghi, Partners in The Climbing Company, are on a mission. Through the Climbing for Everyone Project they want every student from Primary 5 to Year 12 to beat the challenge and experience the achievement that comes from reaching the top and looking down.
   The Climbing Company, based in Western Victoria, was the first climbing school in Australia. Read more

Education, for generations, has been perceived as the steppingstone to a fulfilling career. Yet, for Gen Z, the traditional education system seems increasingly misaligned with the evolving demands of the contemporary job market. Born into an era of technological advancement, young Australians are grappling with a disconnect between the careers they envision and the new realities of the workforce.
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La Trobe University’s FARLabs (Freely Accessible Remote Labs) now ten years into igniting the scientific minds of the future, is offering a new program that gives secondary school students anywhere in the world access to high-tech space experiments from their own classroom.
   This week, students from Melbourne’s Greenvale Secondary College and the Handa Upper Secondary School in Japan participated in the program. Read more

Educator, Lizz Hills, left Queensland on foot in January and arrived in Western Australia six months and 6000 kilometres later bringing the message about climate change and natural disasters to 14 schools on the way.
   The ‘Trek 2 Reconnect’ grew from the ashes of the crises Australia faced in recent times. Bushfires came close to her workplace, the Wild Mountains Environmental Education Centre. Shortly after, there was COVID and then flooding in her community. Read more