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Online Gaming Addictions: What This Means For Schools

Children and adolescents are more hooked on online gaming than ever. This is carrying over into school hours, with students gaming on laptops in class instead of doing their schoolwork. In this article, we look at the risks and benefits of gaming in schools and suggest some actions that schools may wish to consider to address this issue.

Weekly Wrap: 11 August 2022

Education news highlights from the past week, aggregated by CompliSpace.

Legislative Update: South Australia Institutional Child Abuse Liability

The Civil Liability (Institutional Child Abuse Liability) Amendment Act 2021 (SA) (Amendment Act) received assent on 9 December 2021 and was due to commence on proclamation. On 28 July 2022 the South Australian Government notified the public that the Amendment Act would come into operation on 2 August 2022.

Overseas Excursions And A Student’s Death: Do You Want To Be The Person Who Calls A Child’s Parents With This News?

The Victorian Coroner has investigated the death of a Year 9 student while on an overseas tour with his school. Could the school have done anything differently at the time?

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