News
01 Aug 10 edition
Less than 3 per cent of schools raised complaints with BER taskforce, report said.
Little evidence removal of funding for Year 11 and 12 had led to improved educational outcomes.
Collaboration between schools and a university is leading to better teacher training. Darragh O Keeffe reports.
Study finds cases of religious extremism and calls for public oversight.
What principals think, hope and fear about current and future work environment.
15 Jun 10 edition
Schools are using a new service to help students take advantage of IT
School sectors stake their claims in initial submissions to funding review
The many initiatives underway to help children learn about agriculture and food
Initial reaction to draft senior years’ curriculum is positive, but there’s room for improvement.
Teachers and principals raise questions about report based on OECD survey
06 May 10 edition
New figures show the number of students in VET in Schools programs is on the rise, but there’s much room for improvement. Darragh O Keeffe reports.
Students considered lazy or daydreamers may in fact be suffering from a learning disorder.
Sydney University recently gave 600 Year 3s their first taste of campus life as part of a program that hopes to eventually see a larger proportion of them enrol after school. Julie Hare reports.
Contrary to popular opinion, university graduates are no happier than their lesser-educated peers.
A high-profile five-member panel to oversee an historic review of funding of the nation's schools has been announced.
A trial to introduce ethics classes as an alternative to religious education in NSW schools has been surrounded by controversy.
The family law act says divorced and separated parents should be equally be involved in their child's upbringing, but schools may unwittingly be freezing out the non-residential parent.
The science behind climate change is real and should be included in the school curriculum, say the experts. Linda Belardi reports.
P21 has largely been a success, but bureaucratic interference has resulted in cost blowouts and often inappropriate use of funds. Darragh O Keeffe reports.
Will Australia’s new professional standards for teachers help raise the status and quality of teaching? The experts think not. Darragh O Keeffe reports.
01 Mar 10 edition
The politicisation of education by federal and state ministers has diminished school leadership, narrowed the focus of education, and is hampering the social development of children.
New laws which require Queensland teachers to be tested on literacy, numeracy and science before they are registered have been derided as “superfluous” to current teacher education programs.
Teachers lack adequate knowledge of the basic science of climate change and risk imparting inaccurate or incomplete information to students, new research has shown.
England’s assessment regime since 1997 has denied many children their entitlement to a balanced education and government-prescribed teaching methods have impoverished pedagogy.
The national curriculum could potentially change the structure of primary schooling in some states, experts have said.
01 Feb 10 edition
Parents play the most important role in students’ drug education, a new study has found. A focus group study of Year 6 and Year 10 students in Victoria found students value their parents’ perspective and are not getting enough answers at home.
Claims by education minister Julia Gillard that bullying in schools is on the rise have been contradicted by a leading expert.
Children who attend preschool are more likely to have higher receptive vocabulary and fewer problem behaviours, new research has shown.
01 Jan 09 edition
The education revolution is heading for failure because the government is emulating discredited overseas strategies and ignoring the successful ones, according to renowned expert Brian Caldwell. Linda Belardi Reports
