While the government has been trying to tackle teacher shortages via a workforce plan, an expert has argued respecting educators is key to reducing attrition rates and engaging more people in the profession. In most cases, teachers feel respected by ...
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NSW schools receive $1.2 billion infrastructure spend
The 2022/23 NSW state budget will include $1.2 billion to upgrade all NSW state school facilities. The maintenance operation will include gates, window and door repairs, painting, fencing and floor renewal. “We are delivering a record number of new and ...
More »ACARA responds to criticism of revised curriculum: podcast
The Australian school curriculum was recently reviewed in its entirety for the first time, with the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) releasing a new version 9.0 with the aim of getting back to basics, yet education peak bodies ...
More »‘Nothing else matters’: tackle teachers’ pay and workload before anything else
Ahead of the Ministerial Teacher Workforce Roundtable (to be held on Friday August 12), one expert has urged the participants to address educators' pay and working conditions as a priority. Education ministers, teachers, principals and education experts will come together ...
More »‘Reading for pleasure’ programs boost student academic achievement
An academic has called to mandate 'reading for pleasure' at school as a new study shows the correlation between reading enjoyment and academic performance. Integrating 30 minutes a day of reading for pleasure in the classroom could improve student’s results, ...
More »Why careers education should start in primary school: opinion
From a very early age, children’s play involves trying adult job roles for size. In group games children often fight over roles that are deemed desirable, with clear ideas about what roles cut it – and which don’t – in ...
More »Extra year of school not a ‘transformative policy’ but just the start
Experts in the early childhood education sector have welcomed the extra year of preschool funding but warned about the need to tackle the workforce crisis in order for the policy to work. In a joint statement earlier this month, the ...
More »‘Absurd’: Jane Caro on the current state of public/private school funding
School funding is under the spotlight once again thanks to a recent report from the NSW Teachers Federation which revealed that about 130 private schools were overfunded by a total of 120 million dollars, leaving a government funding shortfall for ...
More »Budget 2022: What’s in it for education?
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s fourth budget included the promise that Australian schools would continue to receive “record funding”, allocating $25.3 billion in 2022, and $318.9 billion to 2029. According to the budget, the government is committing $228.5 million to improve the ...
More »Peaks unite to launch plan aimed at improving early education outcomes
The Community Child Care Association, Community Early Learning Australia and Early Learning Association Australia have joined forces to present a six point plan to tackle what it sees as an early education and care crisis. According to Michele Carnegie, CEO ...
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