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1 week ago | 
theaureview.com | Sarah Duggan
Melbourne’s beloved Slowly Slowly took to the stage at Margaret Court Arena on Saturday night to deliver a performance that will go down in the band’s history. This show marked a huge milestone for the group- their first ever headliner at an arena, and in their hometown no less. Joining them were Philly boys Greyscale and US pop-rock band Honey Revenge. It was a super fun night of stellar pop-punk and rock, and Melbourne definitely showed up to throw its support behind the local heroes.
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1 week ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
So says former teacher-turned dietician and University of Newcastle researcher Tammie Jakstas, who has launched a research project called ‘The Teacher Nutrition Study’ that’s seeking to address this seemingly under scrutinised issue impacting on teachers’ health and wellbeing.
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1 week ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
The Institute contend that our governments have been too slow to draw a line through ‘faddish’ and discredited maths teaching methods in primary school classrooms, leaving teachers and school leaders to grapple with inconsistent and contradictory advice about what evidence-based practice actually entails.
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2 weeks ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
Drawing on 17 meta-analyses, Hattie and his University of Melbourne colleague Dr Timothy O’Leary found there has been a clear resurgence in the deep-rooted yet entirely invalid theory.
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2 weeks ago | 
theaureview.com | Sarah Duggan
Saturday night saw pop-punk icons Yellowcard play to an almost sold-out Margaret Court Arena, their biggest headline show in Australia. Joining them were Plain White T’s and Motion City Soundtrack– a lineup for the pop-punk ages. Though it’s technically two-years overdue, this tour celebrates the 20th anniversary of their highly regarded 2003 record Ocean Avenue, an album that shaped and influenced a generation of pop-punk fans.
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3 weeks ago | 
theaureview.com | Sarah Duggan
Melbourne’s Thornhill are taking metal to new heights with their genre-defying upcoming album BODIES, out today. Fusing eerie synths with heavy metal elements, it’s a bold and innovative record that’s sure to excite fans. Ahead of its release, I had the chance to catch up with vocalist Jacob Charlton and guitarist Ethan McCann during a round of golf. In a brief yet wonderfully chaotic chat, we delved into the making of BODIES, its unique sound, and the creative process behind it.
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3 weeks ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
Back in 2012 Dr Karen Ray was working as an occupational therapist in schools when she noticed unusually high numbers of Prep children were experiencing problems with handwriting fluency. “[Prep is when] children are first learning letter names and sounds and connecting them with forms – and the rates I was seeing of referral were really what I thought were quite high…“And so in my clinical role, I started investigating possible approaches,” Ray tells EducationHQ.
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3 weeks ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
Recently released, the Institute’s ‘Orange Book’ is deemed to be a ‘policy blueprint’ for the next government and aims to identify the changes that will improve the lives of Australians, with school education earmarked as a key sector ripe for reform. The authors flag that no matter the measure used, far too many students across all jurisdictions are falling short of national proficiency benchmarks in literacy and numeracy.
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3 weeks ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
Led by Carolyn Wade, lecturer and research fellow at Griffith University, the study drew on 12 interviews with Queensland school leaders to unveil the ‘profound emotional and moral injury’ they endure at the hands of an increasingly vocal and conflict-happy parent body. With more than a decade in school leadership herself, Wade says she wanted to explore how parent engagement in schools can be a double-edged sword.
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3 weeks ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
Led by Dr Lucy Corbett from The University of Sydney, the research canvassed the experiences of 23 teachers drawn from diverse locations across the country, revealing preventative health programs were seen to be ‘unsustainable and ineffective’. Corbett said school-run sessions were deemed by teachers to be way off the mark and a weak ‘tick the box’ exercise on the part of leadership.
