This story appeared in the May 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
The Luxon Government is largely failing young Kiwis when it comes to vaping policies, according to the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ.
Family, friends, political leaders and the public have farewelled prominent Melbourne youth worker Les Twentyman.
In Alice Springs Aboriginal elders are crying out to be heard – and say, unless, the voices of the community are listened to, the cycle of over-policing and crime is doomed to be repeated.
Homeschooled children will not have to follow the Australian curriculum and suspended students won’t get a chance to appeal disciplinary action under proposed Queensland education reforms.
A new $4.3 million research project will hand 25 NSW public schools from disadvantaged areas a platform for positive reform via a ‘high impact’ and ‘evidence-backed’ PD program, despite claims the research behind the model is deeply flawed.
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Attempts to combat vaping could have perverse outcomes as students try to avoid detection and organised criminals eye off a market that only recently became illicit.
In the lofty wood-panelled courtroom usually reserved for adults accused of grave crimes, the 11-year-old faced a hearing on 72 offences.
More police patrols and family service officers will be on the streets of Alice Springs after the violence-hit town emerges from its “successful” youth curfew experiment.
When schools return in Term 2, new attendance measures will be in force as part of the Luxon Government’s action plan to tackle truancy.
