Education news

With principal Shona Boardman

Thirty-nine Queenslanders are the recipients of annual scholarship and grant programs that draw exceptional people from diverse backgrounds into teaching.

The Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art exhibition, celebrating the 2012 award recipients, will be officially opened at the Gallery of Modern Art on 9 May.

Winners of the Premier's Anzac Prize have described their pride in their fallen countrymen and amazement at the sheer number of war graves as they traverse the historic battlefields.

Nominations have opened for the 2013 ASG National Excellence in Teaching Awards for Inspirational Educators (NEiTA).

The battlefields of Gallipoli are the focus of a Conservation Volunteers Australia trip to Turkey in September aimed specifically at teachers.

Registrations for the 2013 Premier's Reading Challenge are now open and the Premier has encouraged more Queensland schools to join in this year.

Queensland schools have until Friday 10 May to apply for a $1000 tuckshop makeover.

The development a new structure for the delivery of TAFE education in Queensland is under way.

Anzac Day will be marked on Education Queensland's Learning Place this year with a commemorative online event.

Twelve high-achieving Queensland students have been recognised as part of the 2013 TJ Ryan Memorial Medal and Scholarship program.

The final day to register events for Queensland's annual celebration of state schools and schooling is Monday (22 April).

Teachers have the chance to help shape the arts experiences on offer to their students for the coming year at the annual Artslink Queensland Face 2 Face forum on 30 April.

The Queensland Government has released a discussion paper and invited community input on a new Queensland Indigenous education action plan due for release mid-year.

The new man heading Queensland's Department of Education, Training and Employment spent more than 20 years as a teacher and principal before joining the ranks of senior government executives.

Five Queensland students are counting down the days until they take off on their two-week adventure to Gallipoli and the Western Front.

Tickets are now on sale for the ninth annual Creative Generation - State Schools Onstage, Queensland's largest youth performing arts event.

The Copyright Agency recently held a two-day seminar focusing on wide-ranging education topics including the Australian Curriculum, technology and pedagogy and, not surprisingly, copyright.

Premier Campbell Newman and Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek have unveiled a ground-breaking plan to improve teacher quality and give young Queenslanders the best possible start in life.

'Breaking up the iceberg' into more manageable pieces has been one of the keys to the success of Cleveland District State High School in embedding technology in classroom pedagogy.