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Educator recognised in book marking Commonwealth’s 75th anniversary
Catholic Education Ballarat executive director Tom Sexton has been recognised as a thought leader in education and invited to participate in the British Parliament Trust’s commemorative book marking the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Commonwealth.
NAPLAN scores show gaps despite stable results
NAPLAN results have held stable and so have entrenched academic gaps between boys and girls, urban and regional children, and First Nations students. Source: SBS News.
Quick-thinking students prevented bus disaster after driver collapsed
Heroic quick-thinking by a handful of Brisbane Catholic secondary students prevented a disaster on a regular afternoon bus drop-off last month. Source: The Catholic Leader.
‘Indonesia Goes to School’ in South Australia
Indonesian language students in South Australian Catholic schools will benefit from the extension of a landmark partnership between Catholic Education South Australia and the Indonesian embassy in Canberra. Source: The Southern Cross.
Peter Pearce walks into new position at Edmund Rice Flexi Schools
Edmund Rice Education Australia Flexible Schools, the largest national network of alternative schools in Australia, has appointed Peter Pearce as its new board chair, strengthening the organisation’s governance and leadership expertise.
‘It’s wild’: The country school producing Olympians
As the gold medals keep coming for Australian athletes in Paris, one Catholic school in country Western Australia is proud of the reputation it’s building up – a school with a knack for producing Olympians. Source: ABC News.
Catholic school adopts online learning to prepare students for university
A Melbourne Catholic all-girls school will offer students a hybrid model of teaching that includes an online component delivered by one of the largest state government schools. Source: The Age.
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.