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Harvard course shows teachers how to give students ‘thinking skills’
St Saviour’s College in Toowoomba has seen the graduation of its second cohort of teachers from the internationally acclaimed Harvard Project Zero Visible Thinking course.
Low-fee Catholic schools get $243m funding for upgrades
Dozens of low-fee Victorian Catholic schools will receive millions of dollars in funding from the Allan Government to upgrade classrooms and build new facilities. Source: Herald Sun.
Why young people need to be formed with Christian humanism
How to rescue Australian culture from secular humanism and replace it with authentic humanism was the topic of discussion at the ninth annual Dawson Centre Colloquium. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
Commissioning Mass brings together Catholic education in celebration
The Victorian Catholic Education Authority board and executive were commissioned on Wednesday at a Mass celebrated by Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli.
Political parties urged to commit to capital funding for Catholic schools
Catholic Education Western Australia is calling on the state’s political parties to commit to providing state capital funding for Catholic schools.
New ball game for basketballer turned teacher
University of Notre Dame Australia is offering Commonwealth Supported Places for several of its postgraduate education programs for students commencing their studies this semester. Source: NCEC.
Concerns of school and faith communities ‘blatantly ignored’
The National Catholic Education Commission says the Productivity Commission has blatantly ignored the concerns and needs of school and faith communities in its final philanthropy report, released yesterday.
AI could force change to exams in NSW, says Catholic schools chief
Artificial intelligence could prompt a “reimagining” of the Higher School Certificate in New South Wales, the chief executive of Catholic Schools NSW told educators this week. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
South Australian Greens push to remove rights of religious schools
New legislation set to be introduced to the South Australian Parliament would ensure religious schools cannot knock back job applications from prospective teachers because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Source: The Advertiser.