Education news

Each term, Education Views publishes a calendar of professional development events and activities for all Department of Education, Training and Employment staff.

Queensland students have posted some of their best results on record in this year's National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests.

A Queensland state high school has scored a first by featuring as a finalist in all four categories of the Queensland College of Teachers annual awards.

Anyone who missed the spectacular Creative Generation - State Schools Onstage at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in July has a chance to catch it during the term break.

Training is available in October for principals and teachers to learn more about harnessing the power of valuable early childhood development data.

More than 750 of the finest teenage musicians from across Queensland will descend on South Bank during the school holidays.

Goal-setting and perseverance are two of the principles setting the tone for the three finalists in the running for the Showcase Award for Excellence in Senior Years.

The CEO of the Queensland Education Leadership Institute, Dr Stephen Brown, has been recognised for his substantial contribution to national education leadership.

School leavers, career changers and women returning to study are eligible to apply for the next round of the Queensland Government's Supporting Women Scholarships program.

Schools in the running for the Showcase Award for Excellence in the Junior Secondary Years have engagement in common.

The important role played by teacher aides has been recognised on their special day.

Central Queensland region principals and school leaders at the Quality Schools, Inclusive Leaders (QSIL) program in Rockhampton recently received a visit from the head of the Department of Education, Training and Employment.

Flexibility, autonomy and community spirit are the big drawcards to becoming an Independent Public School, according to Brightwater State School principal Robyn Taplin.

Queensland's science future is in good hands if the winners of the10th annual Peter Doherty Awards for Excellence in Science and Science Education are anything to go by.

Queensland's largest education resources trade expo takes place in Brisbane on 24 and 25 August.

The 21 finalists for the 2013 Showcase Awards for Excellence in Schools have been announced following regional finals held throughout Queensland.

Agribusiness Gateway School students have gathered at Dalby State High School's Bunya Campus boarding facility for an educational farmstay camp.

Five students from state schools and two from Catholic colleges will contest the School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year category of the 52nd Queensland Training Awards.

Authors Alison Lester, Jackie French, Pat Flynn, Katherine Battersby and Tristan Bancks are on their way to classrooms across Queensland thanks to the Online Literature Festival.

There is still time for tuckshops to put their best filling forward for the 2013 Smart Choices Tuckshop Sandwich Designer of the Year competition.