Updating Shakespeare for the kids was all the rage a generation back, with Romeo + Juliet, 10 Things I Hate About You, Romeo Must Die and The Lion King finding new audiences for old texts. Now we have a class of talented musicians reinventing The Odyssey as urban performance art. We chat about this story and play out the track Suitors from the new production.

Then, in Part 2, Loren reviews the early childhood policy forum that took place in Adelaide ahead of the federal election. Loren reports that the issue, despite being of utmost importance to many parents, carers and educators, isn’t receiving commensurate policy focus from some of the major players.

Part 3 sees a discussion on two recent studies that hit the news this week. The first involves the longterm effect of common medication for children living with ADHD, OCD and/or autism. The second is to do with a potential solution to the dreaded peanut allergy.

Updating Shakespeare for the kids was all the rage a generation back, with Romeo + Juliet, 10 Things I Hate About You, Romeo Must Die and The Lion King finding new audiences for old texts. Now we have a class of talented musicians reinventing The Odyssey as urban performance art. We chat about this story and play out the track Suitors from the new production.

Then, in Part 2, Loren reviews the early childhood policy forum that took place in Adelaide ahead of the federal election. Loren reports that the issue, despite being of utmost importance to many parents, carers and educators, isn’t receiving commensurate policy focus from some of the major players.

Part 3 sees a discussion on two recent studies that hit the news this week. The first involves the longterm effect of common medication for children living with ADHD, OCD and/or autism. The second is to do with a potential solution to the dreaded peanut allergy.

With federal Labor pledging $393 million to train 25,000 specialist STEM teachers, their Victorian state counterparts have already allocated $30 million to train these teachers – via a program to be rolled out through Deakin University.

With federal Labor pledging $393 million to train 25,000 specialist STEM teachers, their Victorian state counterparts have already allocated $30 million to train these teachers – via a program to be rolled out through Deakin University.

Some parents may now want their kids playing more video games. Well one game anyway. The federally funded National Acoustics Laboratory (NAL) has developed Sound Storm, an app game which they say, improves the listening ability of kids with spatial processing disorder.

Some parents may now want their kids playing more video games. Well one game anyway. The federally funded National Acoustics Laboratory (NAL) has developed Sound Storm, an app game which they say, improves the listening ability of kids with spatial processing disorder.

Excellent teachers need to be recognised for their work but not on the basis of performance pay.

Excellent teachers need to be recognised for their work but not on the basis of performance pay.

A program mentoring high school students from refugee backgrounds is marking this year’s World Refugee Week by calling for those on temporary protection visas and asylum seekers to be eligible for federal government assistance to meet university’s financial costs.

A program mentoring high school students from refugee backgrounds is marking this year’s World Refugee Week by calling for those on temporary protection visas and asylum seekers to be eligible for federal government assistance to meet university’s financial costs.