The recent NSW high school phone ban has some experts concerned for students with requests for more research to be done to support the new policy. On October 8 a new policy from the NSW government rendered mobile phones unusable for the school day in order to facilitate students’ classroom learning. However, in a media release, associate professor and head of population research at the Black Dog Institute Aliza Werner-Seridler questioned the validity of the government’s data. “The evidence around the effects of banning phones at schools on academic outcomes is probably more mixed than the government would like to…
Author: Andrew Truong
New South Wales teachers are expecting a historic salary increase from the Labor government, which the state’s union believe is a step in the right direction Whilst the union welcomed the pay rise, it said there is also potential inside public classrooms to address the inequity in Australian schools. Teachers across NSW want to see more changes in government schools to help support public students’ education and the teacher employment rate. Public high school teacher Charlie Charlier said the inequity in the NSW schooling system is evident, with more to be resolved regarding funding. “Government schools are under-funded and, for…
The Illawarra’s Short and Sweet Voices festival, which was supposed to open yesterday in Wollongong, has been cancelled. The Voices Festival, new to the Illawarra region, was a vocal competition set to explore the talent and creativity of local choral performers, but a lack of participants has led to the cancelation. Festival director Luke Berman expressed his disappointment, but promised there is more entertainment to come in future festivals. “Unfortunately we did not get enough acts registered to run the Voices program, but we did run a cabaret program last Sunday, and this week we finished our 2nd week of…
In this ‘Emotional History’, Debra Tepania signed a note for a school excursion without a second thought. But when her son Levi didn’t return home from school that night, Debra began to worry. Let this be a reminder to always read the fine print… RadioU UOW · “Where’s My Son?”