I looked through the window of one of my Year 3 classrooms at my school to see Brayden. He was crying, frozen in a combination of anxiety and pure fear. It’s not what any principal wishes to see in their learning ...
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AEU calls for the government to ‘step up’ after releasing State of Our Schools survey
Public school principals are struggling to provide adequate funding for students with a disability and report having to siphon funds from other school budgets to make up for the shortfall, according to the Australian Education Union’s (AEU) 2020 State of ...
More »More funding is not the answer to lifting Australian student achievement: new report
A new report has found that Australian student achievement has continued to decline despite being one of the highest spending countries on schooling in the world. In a report by the Centre for Independent Studies’ (CIS) Glenn Fahey, titled Dollars ...
More »ACER CEO on the problem with the current school curriculum paradigm
An article written by ACER’s CEO Professor Geoff Masters has drawn attention to an issue relating to one of the common paradigms of school culture: the year-level school curriculum. As he states in his article, “the role of the curriculum ...
More »How education for people with a disability needs to change: Podcast
EducationReview · Dr Kate de Bruin | How education for people with a disability needs to change Dr Kate de Bruin, an expert and lecturer in inclusive education at Monash University, recently provided evidence to the Royal Commission into Violence, ...
More »NSW follows Victoria’s lead in hiring tutors to help struggling students catch up
The NSW government will offer free tutoring next year to disadvantaged students who have struggled after periods of home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a first for the state, the tutoring will be provided by casual and retired teachers, ...
More »Helping students with Down syndrome to realise the enjoyment of mathematics: study
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and this represents a special time for educators of students with Down syndrome and others with a range of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities. More informed models of teaching mathematics must include rich, comparable educational ...
More »Australia ‘below OECD average’ in public education funding as inequity gap widens
The latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report highlights that Australia’s public spending on education is shrouded by private investment and is below the OECD average. Dr Emma Rowe, an expert in school funding and education policy at ...
More »AEU believes ANSA merely ‘tinkers at the edges’ of NAPLAN problems
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 ...
More »Experts explain how remote learning has opened up opportunities for students
The Media Centre for Education Research Australia (MCERA) has created a weekly series that asks educational experts to address some of the most pertinent issues affecting education in the time of COVID-19. MCERA believes it’s critical that educators learn something ...
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