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A UNSW academic has pointed to classroom disruption and disrespect as key causes of Australia’s poor Programme for International Assessment (PISA) results this year. Associate Professor Jihyun Lee from the school of education said PISA measures the disciplinary or disruptive ...

This week was all about Australia’s underwhelming 2018 PISA results, so I thought it would be appropriate to produce a 'response from the sector', a quick rundown of what Australia’s education experts think about the results. Dr Steven Lewis, a ...

A recent Indeed report concluded that searches for teaching jobs declined in 2019, with some states recording sharp dips. This follows an article in The Conversation last year lamenting the drop in first-preference applications in teaching, as well as a ...

The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering is deeply concerned about this year’s maths and science results in PISA, saying they are the lowest on record. The academy echoes PISA national project manager Sue Thompson’s sentiments, saying “we are not ...

A recent Indeed job search analysis showed an overall drop in people searching for teaching jobs. First-preference applications for teaching courses in 2018 were also significantly down on average at some of our best universities. Education Review took to Pitt ...

More than ever, educators are teaching students who have been diagnosed with or show signs of a mental illness, including depression, anxiety, ADHD and bipolar disorder. Last week headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, launched a campaign to raise ...

It was not expected that Australia’s results in the 2018 Programme for International Student Achievement (PISA) would be outstanding, but the fact that our students continue to slide down the ladder has sparked concerns from educators, politicians and industry groups. ...

Australia’s largest supplier of education resources to secondary schools has congratulated the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) for its tireless work in bolstering young Indigenous Australians’ literacy levels and engagement across remote parts of Australia. Campion Education partnered with ILF in ...

A report tabled in parliament last week on the status of the teaching profession has been heavily criticised by teaching experts, with one calling it a “missed opportunity”. The report was prepared by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on ...

The sense that Australian teachers have been teaching increasingly diverse classrooms has been confirmed, according to a new report released from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). More specifically, the study concluded that Australian lower secondary schools and teachers ...