NSW Principals are under pressure to explain increasing suspension rates. 13,000 suspensions in 2013. 7,000 for violence alone. School management is facing considerable challenges in the current
Every year around this time I am invited to speak to parents about school readiness. Currently children can start school when they are four and
Back in the day school teachers were told “Don’t smile until Easter” because by then, the thinking was, that you’d have those unruly students under control.
What happened to my adorable child? Who is this feisty and difficult monster? Is it OK to say NO to most of their outrageous requests?
In this first episode, I’ll be chatting to Tracey who is principal of Kurri Kurri High School in the Hunter Valley of NSW.
In this first series we are exploring the school environment and some of the creative solutions that people have come up with in order to engage students in learning.
