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Pearson calls for all schools to adopt direct instruction in classrooms
Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson has called for all schools to adopt direct instruction in classrooms after demonstrated success in the Catholic education sector. Source: The Australian.
NAPLAN scores soar after return to old-school teaching methods
A Catholic school cluster has shot to success in this year’s NAPLAN results, after abandoning failed teaching fads through the nation’s biggest experiment in the science of learning. Source: The Australian.
Catholic boys school joins fight against gender-based violence
A Catholic boys school in Ballarat, Victoria, is taking part in a program organised by a local community health service to help drive change in the fight against gender-based violence. Source: ABC News.
Education program empower Indigenous leaders of tomorrow
A Townsville Catholic Education program that empowers students to become proud, confident and capable leaders of tomorrow by addressing educational disadvantages faced by First Nations students has been extended.
Two new enrolments for class of 2025
Catholic Schools NSW is set to start the new year with two new members of its leadership team as Marita Winters and Jeremy Gasperov start with the peak body in January. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Study finds serious school incidents taking toll on principals
More than 80 per cent of Australian principals have experienced critical incidents in their schools including violent security threats, mental health crises, suicide attempts and medical emergencies, new Australian Catholic University research shows.
Schools should be centres of formation, not achievement factories: Pope
Culture and education must go hand-in-hand to form students into agents of social change driven by hope, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNS.
Principles blueprint to support changes in diocese
Catholic Schools Broken Bay’s new incorporated structure from 2025 will be supported by a “Shared Mission Principles” document to protect and strengthen Catholic education in the diocese.
Catholic school chatbot filters lessons through religious lens
A world-first Catholic school chatbot is filtering lessons through a religious lens while saving teachers nearly two hours a day in preparing lesson plans, marking assignments and even writing report cards. Source: The Australian.