Suicide is the leading cause of death for young Australians aged between 15-24. Unfortunately, many schools have been faced with the heartbreaking reality of losing a student to suicide, with the loss of that student affecting not only their family, friends and loved ones, but the wider school community as a whole.

Generative AI has come a long way in a relatively short amount of time. Platforms such as ChatGPT, Dall-E 2 and Copilot allow users to enter prompts to generate content, including images, videos, text, audio and even code. While many people are beginning to utilise generative AI in their day-to-day work, this technology has become a problem for schools.

We are often painfully aware of the lasting trauma of those directly involved in school shootings, but what about the silent victims? What impact does witnessing these traumatic events over and over again have on a child's necessary sense of safety and security in school?

Education technology for k-12 is trending in the right direction With technology now a core enabler of learning and education for students in Kindergarten through to Year 12 (K-12), the market is exploding with EdTech solutions from large incumbents as well as new innovative startups.