The field of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is set to carry Australia into a bold new future of enhanced modernity. It is one of the fastest growing industries nationally, with exciting discoveries and opportunities awaiting those who choose ...
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Teachers ‘can’t really win’ with NAPLAN, says expert
As students Australia-wide get ready to sit the 2019 NAPLAN tests in May, yesterday, the National Report from last year was released. The suite of tests, which assess literacy and numeracy in years 3, 5, 7 and 9, continues to ...
More »Budget roundup: government ‘window-dressing’ school funding
In his pre-election Budget speech, treasurer Josh Frydenberg stressed that education is the first defence of the nation. “While money is important, so too is the quality of education afforded to all Australians,” he said. So how did the Budget ...
More »Forum aims to find ways to improve the status of teachers
It could be argued that the common impression of teachers and their profession is not as positive as it should be. Factors like the public’s perception of time spent on holidays, and media reporting of industrial action, pay disputes, stress ...
More »Opinion: what a local and an international scandal suggest about education inequality
ABC Chief Economics Correspondent Emma Alberici was doing some routine research via Twitter when she stumbled into a furore. Infamous for her supposed anti-Liberal bias, she provoked the opposite kind of ire by asking the internet for their “… stories about ...
More »Parliament hears from teachers: ‘we’re actually building people’
The government inquiry into the status of the teaching profession is finally hearing from its subjects in person. In Sydney this week (with stops in other cities to come), it drew an impassioned crowd, including a school principal, teacher education academics, MPs and NSW ...
More »‘School wellbeing is not compulsory yoga’: fed up teachers air grievances
School wellbeing is not: Compulsory yoga - when a teacher wants to sleep ? Cakes in the staffroom - when a teacher isn’t hungry ? “Don’t do any work on the wknd” - when if a teacher doesnt, they’ll be ...
More »Teachers’ HECS debt to be waived: Close the Gap
Despite efforts of successive cabinets, the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous outcomes has yet to be closed. Prime Minister Scott Morrison hopes a new plan will at least reduce it educationally. Unveiled today, it entails waiving the HECS debts of 3,100 ...
More »Private school-educated scholars attack ‘old boys and girls clubs’
Most future wealth – at least in Western nations – will be inherited. But billionaires still put their children in the best position to grow their fortunes, by enrolling them in private or elite public schools. Bill Gates sent his ...
More »The highs and lows of vertical schools
Overcrowding in our major cities has prompted shrill warnings from politicians. Melbourne, which has been designated the fastest growing city in the southern hemisphere, has drawn particular concern. "We have to play catch-up on essential infrastructure," Lord Mayor Sally Capp said ...
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