Debra James is the General Secretary of the Independent Education Union Victoria Tasmania 
IEU Victoria Tasmania has been most busy ...
Victoria - associations wrap-ups 2013
Debra James is the General Secretary of the Independent Education Union Victoria Tasmania IEU Victoria Tasmania has been most busy ...
When influential US reporter Emily Hanford first started her investigation into how one ‘bad idea’ about reading instruction took hold across the country despite cognitive science having discredited it decades ago, the same few names would crop up...
The terrifyingly high incidences and widespread prevalence of violence against women in this country has dominated the media in recent weeks – but as many educators know, far from a recent phenomenon, it's long been a major problem.
A study examining childhood maltreatment in Australia has revealed the shocking burden for Australians, estimating it causes up to 40 percent of common, life-long mental health conditions.
I’ll get to the point. There were alarmist news stories galore this week about how our schools are going “old school” when it comes to student behaviour.
Risky play should be incorporated into early childhood science education in nature-based settings to lay early foundations for science education, an expert says.
Contradictory in parts and clinging to elements of inquiry-based instruction, a report guiding ACT public schools' long-awaited shift toward the science of learning is “90 per cent” on the money, an expert has flagged.
Public school parents appear to be amongst the biggest winners from this year’s Victorian state budget, with cuts to education and delays to the rollout of free four-year-old Kindergarten flagged as the Allan Labor Government grapples with burgeon...
In a bid to ensure Tasmanian school students in regional and remote areas have access to quality education, the State Government has opted to extend remote teacher incentives.
A proven research project success story, designed to prevent and address student mental health problems, will be rolled out in South Australia this year.
Higher pay and less administrative work have enticed dozens of ex-teachers back to the classroom in NSW.
