Education news

One Queensland educator could be packing their bags for the Middle East as recruitment begins for a new principal to lead the Australian International School in Sharjah.

The Queensland Maritime Museum at South Bank is laying out the welcome gangplank for group visits from schools.

Recent natural disasters have prompted mental health charity beyondblue to make a youth trauma support book available free to teachers, health professionals and community workers in affected areas.

Students are being challenged to shop smarter for the 12th year running in Queensland's 2013 Buy Smart Competition.

The Queensland Education Leadership Institute (QELi) launched its flagship leadership development program Good to Great last month with a three-day residential workshop.

A team of Brisbane state school roboteers travels to Europe in May as Australia's sole representative in the European First Lego League Robotics Championship.

The Year 7s at Whites Hill State College were just some of the Queensland students taking the Earth Hour pledge ahead of the global lights out for 2013.

The guaranteed entry deadline for the 2013 Queensland Corporate Games is tomorrow (28 March), with the final cut-off falling on 11 April.

A high-flying record of academic improvement and a 2011 tragedy which left a school and community in shock combined to bring a Tongan princess to Glenala State High School last Thursday (21 March).

Queensland students showed mass support for the 2013 National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence on 15 March.

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

New resources for schools and early learning centres that take the hard work out of epilepsy education are now available for download from Epilepsy Queensland's website.

Brisbane's first phone book - all one page of it - and prehistoric telephones without buttons are two of the exhibits likely to astonish students on a visit to the Queensland Telecommunications Museum.

Education is again one of the sectors in the spotlight for recognition in the Queensland Reconciliation Awards.

Education Queensland is engaged in a reform program which is already world's best in at least one important respect.

Queensland state schools can expect an injection of fresh enthusiasm in the wake of the 2013 Principals' Conference.

The recently-released Pedagogical framework and Parent and community engagement framework are designed to support schools in addressing elements of Education Queensland's 2012-2016 improvement agenda, United in our pursuit of excellence.

A review of research on parental engagement by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) finds positive outcomes at all levels of schooling. By Dr Lance Emerson, ARACY CEO

A new resource to support teachers implementing aspects of Australian Curriculum: English was launched nationally last month via web conferencing technology.

Time is running out for apprentices, trainees, teachers, VET school students, employers and training organisations to nominate for this year's Queensland Training Awards.