Soapbox A social media ban won’t save us from harms online. Educating us will Eve Ashcroft is 14 and part of the cohort of teens today affected by the social media ban. She shares this opinion piece with Women’s Agenda.
News & Views The pay rise that’s helping educators stay in the jobs they love Monday’s five per cent pay rise fully delivers the Albanese Government’s 15 per cent pay rise for early childhood educators.
News & Views The idea of a ‘battle of the sexes’ is corrosive. We need more compassion and connection No one wins a gender war. We only win when we build bridges of respect, equality and connection, writes Dr Niki Vincent.
News & Views Julianne Moore’s children’s book about redheads is under ‘review’. What’s happening with US book bans under Trump? Julianne Moore’s book about a redheaded girl who learns to accept her freckles was flagged as “potentially related to gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology topics”.
News & Views Gender gap in maths and science in Australia among worst in the world Australia’s male students are considerably outperforming female students in both maths and science, an international study has found.
News & Views Taliban closes midwifery and nursing training centres in latest blow to women’s rights Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan have been barred by the Taliban from continuing their education.
News & Views Anne Johnstone becomes first female principal at Cranbrook following overhaul of ‘toxic’ culture at the private school Cranbrook, an elite all-boys school in Sydney’s east, will get its first female principal starting next year, following a string of serious allegations pointing to a toxic culture and inappropriate behaviour from staff.
Partner Content The rural women blazing new trails in education for Australia’s agricultural future These rural women are growing innovative businesses in agricultural education as recipients of AgriFutures Rural Women’s Acceleration Grant.
News & Views ‘A nightmare’: 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied their right to education since 2021 On the three year anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover, the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan remains a ‘total nightmare’
News & Views Girls underperform in numeracy as calls grow for better funding for public schools Female students are underperforming in numeracy compared to their male counterparts, according to the newly released NAPLAN results.
News & Views We’ve seen much-needed reform in childcare but marginalised children are still missing out Have recent changes to our childcare system simply embedded more disadvantage for some of our most marginalised children?
News & Views Union demands higher pay for private school teachers after pay rise for public sector The Independent Education Union (IEU) is calling for pay rises for teachers in the private school system in NSW and ACT.