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Teacher, project manager, marketer, plumber, psychologist, mediator and facilitator. At one time or another, modern school leaders are all of these things, and more. And given the series of major education reforms and initiatives introduced since the Rudd government was ...

The government’s “hands off” approach to the delivery of scripture in NSW public schools has come under attack following details of variable teaching quality and professional standards. Australia’s first study of Special Religious Education (SRE) reported examples of extremism, indoctrination ...

A new university mentoring program is providing student teachers with a more realistic school-based experience, enabling them to develop peer relationships with teachers. The program from Murdoch University’s School of Education provides student teachers with the opportunity to spend a ...

WA Education Minister, Liz Constable is under pressure to reverse funding cuts to 21 regional high schools following a parliamentary inquiry recommending the funding be reinstated. Year 11 and 12 funding was removed from 21 District High Schools in a ...

Primary school principals have welcomed the BER taskforce’s interim report, saying it has vindicated the positive view they took of the program all along. The report by taskforce chief, former investment banker Brad Orgill, said just 254 schools, or 2.7 ...

The majority of teachers have rejected the “artificial” four-unit structure of the senior years’English courses and say the senior years’ curriculum is too focused on content rather than student skills. “English does not lend itself to a content-based syllabus, but ...

oth the Australian modern history and ancient history documents are relatively conservative and arguably represent a missed opportunity in terms of creating exciting new courses for the 21st Century, history teachers have said. In its submission on the draft senior ...

Much like initial reaction to the draft K-10 national maths curriculum, teacher training and support has been highlighted as a key issue with the senior years’ draft. In its detailed submission the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) said this ...

The senior science courses are too complex, overloaded with content and lack an overarching conceptual framework to sufficiently engage students, experts warn. Dr Christina Hart, senior lecturer in science education at the University of Melbourne said the senior years’ physics ...

There are two are two institutions in our society that ensure that people serve their time. In one you get out early for good behavior and in the other you get out early for bad behavior. One of them is ...