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EducationReview · Early childhood expert questions holding preschoolers back After a Dandenong primary school principal recently considered the benefits of keeping preschoolers back for another year, Education Review approached Associate Professor Christine Woodrow from Western Sydney University to obtain her ...

A controversial strategy that involved moving Indigenous Australian students off country and relocating them at boarding schools to improve their educational opportunities has failed, a new report concludes. The report was led by Dr Marnie O’Bryan and Dr William Fogarty ...

New research has found that no concrete evidence exists to suggest that new teachers are less competent than their experienced counterparts, despite reforms and recommendations in recent years to improve the quality of teaching graduates. Led by Professor Linda Graham ...

I can only imagine the number of times that visionaries and leaders in organisations were intending to take “2020” as a significant play on words as vision was cast and strategic plans were unrolled. Because, let’s face it, every leader ...

It's a case of one small step for man, one giant leap for Australian golden wattle. Seeds of the national floral emblem will be blasted into orbit ahead of a visit to the International Space Station. Australia has handed the ...

A UNSW researcher aims to improve the lives of individuals living with intellectual disabilities by ensuring they have a greater voice in the programs and policies that affect them. Professor Iva Strnadová is a world leader in inclusive research and ...

The global pandemic has irrevocably changed the way we live and work. Every element of our lives has been shifted, from the way we leave our house to the way we greet our friends. Yet, nowhere has this been more ...

The Australian Education Union (AEU) is sceptical about a proposed new form of assessment called the Australian National Standardised Assessment (ANSA) after a review into NAPLAN last week. The NAPLAN review was commissioned by the Queensland, NSW, ACT and Victorian ...

Concerns about the validity and fairness of the LANTITE test continue as two prominent academics in the education sector have commented on how the current Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) is administered. In a meeting with ...

EducationReview · Our school system has regressed to the 19th century | Dr Maura Sellars An education expert from the University of Newcastle contends that Australia’s schooling system is largely stuck in the 19th century. Dr Maura Sellars, a former ...