After a long career in the public service and and working as a education consultant, Fleur Johnston built the data analytics platform PeopleBench to help principals, in particular, "build an organisational strategy that could set the direction for a school ...
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What do final school results really tell us? Opinion
With the recent release of VCE results, parents across Victoria have been eagerly hoping to find out what their children have achieved at school during the past two years. Isn’t it strange, then, that VCE results provide so little insight ...
More »AEU dismisses COAG reform agenda as ‘Groundhog Day’
Despite the reform agenda made at the two-day Education Council meeting in Alice Springs, the Australian Education Union (AEU) has labelled it Groundhog Day. The AEU believes Australia’s education system is stuck in a “time loop of bad policy, no ...
More »Education Council commits to goals and actions for ‘the coming decade’
After the release of December’s disappointing PISA results, student achievement, teacher quality, curriculum content and quality-assurance measures were destined to be on the table at the Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration, which concluded on December 12. Here are some of ...
More »Alice Springs Mparntwe Declaration replaces Melbourne Declaration at ‘tense’ Education Council meeting
The Morrison government will prioritise Indigenous students’ education and outcomes after releasing the Alice Springs Declaration on Wednesday. This year's meeting was particularly timely, given Australia's sliding international ranking results and the lack of a silver bullet to address the ...
More »Early childhood sector receives funding commitment ahead of Education Council meeting
A commitment of $46 million to support early childhood education and care (ECEC) has been announced by Federal Minister for Education Dan Tehan ahead of this week’s Education Council meeting in Alice Springs. The aim of the funding is to ...
More »Indeed survey: is interest in teaching really declining?
Once regarded as a highly professionalised and well-regarded vocation, a recent survey from job search engine Indeed has revealed a steep decline in individuals searching for a teaching position. The survey reveals that searches for teaching jobs across Australia have ...
More »Parental contributions fuelling growing divide in NSW public high schools
Public schools of both low and high socioeconomic status (SES) are being privatised “from within” by parental contributions that fuel inequality, a new study has found. In their study entitled ‘Inequalities in the private funding of public schools: parent financial ...
More »‘She was petrified’: Royal Commission hears tales of abuse and exclusion
Day one of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability centred on a disturbing tale of a girl with Down syndrome whose early school years involved being excluded, segregated and abused. The Commission, ...
More »‘Restraints and seclusion’: Royal Commission into disability begins with education
Education will be the first issue addressed in Townsville today at the hearing of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability. The importance of education to children and adults with a disability is ...
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