Education news

The new school year is shaping up to be the busiest yet for education in Queensland with more than half a million students studying in 1240 state schools.

Welcome to the first Education Views special events calendar for 2013, covering the year from Jaunuary to June.

Cairns West State School principal Michael Hansen has started the 2013 school year with a spring in his step after being named as one of the country's leading educators.

The best way for a school to boost its NAPLAN literacy expertise is by having at least one of its teachers take part in marking the writing task, according to the Queensland Studies Authority.

The draft curriculum for the first two languages other than English to form part of the Australian Curriculum has been released for public consultation.

Registration is open for Schools Clean Up Day 2013, which last year saw 2600 schools take part Australia-wide.

Queensland state schools' agenda for improvement was launched following the inaugural Principals' Conference in 2011

Northern Beaches State High School is pursuing excellence in Junior Secondary education through a program focusing on student wellbeing and mental health.

The Department of Education, Training and Employment's second Principals' Conference will be held in Brisbane at the end of February.

Researchers at The University of Queensland have developed a well-reasoned case for the importance of proportional reasoning in education

The long-running BP Education Grants are again available to secondary schools in Queensland and Western Australia in 2013.

School leaders and teaching staff can hear from an expert about Facebook in the school environment tomorrow (Thursday 6 December).

Sixteen Queensland teachers make up the largest single contingent of 2012 Inspirational Teaching State and Territory Award recipients.

The 2012 Creative Generation - State Schools Onstage extravaganza hits Queensland's lounge rooms this Saturday.

The Department of Education, Training and Employment's second biennial Principals' Conference will be held in Brisbane early next year.

Dalby State High School is reaching out to the next generation of farmers through an industry partnership worth $150,000.

Four graduating senior students, including Stanthorpe State High School's Michaela Marcus, are off to school in Italy.

Teachers of financial literacy have a new online resource available to them with the release by the Australian Tax Office of 'Tax, Super + You'.

Mark McCrindle is a social researcher with an international renown for tracking emerging issues, researching social trends and analysing customer segments. His recently released book, 'Word Up: A Lexicon and Guide to Communication in the 21st Century', was written for educators, employers, leaders and parents, to help them effectively engage with the emerging generations.

Queensland state school teachers have voted to accept the State Government's pay offer of a 2.7 per cent increase every year for the next three years.