Rules which require teachers in the Northern Territory to conduct classes only in English have come under fire in submissions to a federal parliamentary inquiry into language learning in indigenous communities across the country. A report published on the government’s ...
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Author apologises over NT library claim
Author Kate Grenville has written to the Northern Territory Department of Education and Training (DET) to apologise for her comments made at an Indigenous Literacy Day event in Canberra earlier this month. Grenville visited the indigenous community of Manyallaluk recently ...
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Advocates fear that a parliamentary inquiry report into teacher librarians will be passed over in a busy parliament. The report from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment was tabled in May but has yet to be ...
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With a raft of national reforms in the process of implementation, Australia's early learning landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. The result of a Council of Australian Government (COAG) commitment to improving outcomes for young children, the reforms are detailed ...
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Three years into the Australian Government's education revolution, school principals remain unconvinced, with many opposing key elements of the reforms. A new survey of 1600 school leaders, commissioned by Principals Australia, shows widespread division over the external push to reform ...
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A strong message for the Federal Government from the Principals Australia survey is that principals do not like the idea of doling out rewards to teachers based on a quota system. Asked if they support the proposed quota, in which ...
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Meredith Caisley is not sure she can even correctly pronounce the name of NZ's Governor-General-elect Jerry Mateparae, but she has nevertheless been won over by him. The night Mateparae's appointment was announced, she watched him being interviewed on TVNZ's Close ...
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Three years into the Australian Government's education revolution, school principals remain unconvinced, with many opposing key elements of the reforms. A new survey of 1600 school leaders, commissioned by Principals Australia, shows widespread division over the external push to reform ...
More »Quota on teacher bonuses opposed
A strong message for the Federal Government from the Principals Australia survey is that principals do not like the idea of doling out rewards to teachers based on a quota system. Asked if they support the proposed quota, in which ...
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When the 1600 school leaders who undertook the Principals Australia survey were asked to score their proficiency across a range of benchmarks, rural and remote practice ranked third from the bottom. Just 14 per cent rated themselves as highly proficient ...
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