Inspirational Quotes – hearts and minds
It is good to pause sometimes and remember that we are bringing up the leaders of tomorrow, the parents of tomorrow. High achievement does not have to be at the cost of care and consideration.
Education and School Life
Secret to doing well in school – Inspirational Quotes
It is good to remember that success and being good at something is not an innate quality but something you work for.
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School Routines
There are several things to consider when putting together before and after school routines for children, including your child’s age and personality. Something that works for the family down the road may not work for you.
Wellbeing and school performance PISA 2003-2015
The triennial PISA study has been tracking school social environments for some years, recognising the connection between academic performance and student wellbeing.
Tertiary Application Portals and Access Schemes
Learn more about the tertiary admissions process here and find all the admissions portals.
Student Achievement – lessons from TIMSS
We all want good teachers for our children but how do you recognise one. Data from progressive PISA studies keep telling us that Australia lags behind in academic achievement. In truth, Australia has not dropped in the PISA data but other countries have powered ahead of us. What do they do better than us?
Single-sex schools
Society has changed so is this remnant from colonial days still serving us well? Elsewhere in society today, you find sex segregation only in ladies’ gyms and gentlemen’s clubs.
Good teachers providing better futures
Child poverty is one of the great challenges of developed, industrialised countries today. How can we ensure the best opportunities for poor children to grow up and be better off than their parents? Professor of Economics at Stanford University, Ray Chetty, made a presentation in the University of Oslo Aula on the 24 October 2016. This is a summary of the presentation. Link to the full presentation below this article.
Get your child to talk about his or her day
If you cannot get your child to talk about his or her day, it is not the child it is something wrong with, it is you. Get some hints from the experts about how to talk to your child and why it is important for a child’s cognitive development.
Year 12 certificate and ATAR
Each state and territory has its own Year 12 certification system and ways to calculate your Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) score. Learn what is required for each state and generally about secondary school certifications.
Critical thinking in the age of Facebook and YouTube
the schism in tomorrow’s society will be between those who know how to access, assess and use the multitude of information becoming available and those who just drown in it and do not possess the critical thinking ability to use what’s available.
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Good personal values – The objective of education
The excerpt is from the Greek sophist Gorgias who dwells on the qualities that make great men great in this funeral oration. I think it has something for us today.
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