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 ...
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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 ...
More »Major study will see Indigenous students mark success on their own terms
Indigenous high school students will be placed at the forefront of a major research collaboration aimed at redefining success in Indigenous education. Funded by Australia's largest philanthropic organisation, The Paul Ramsay Foundation, RISE will track the progress of 1,000 Indigenous ...
More »What’s happened in the ten years since Gonski?
It’s been over a decade since the release of the Gonski report, the most significant school funding review in Australia’s recent history. The report, handed down in late 2011, proposed a fairer funding model to give children a high-quality education, ...
More »Government releases final report on review into initial teacher education
The Federal Government has released the final report from its year-long investigation into improving outcomes for newly graduated teachers, titled Next Steps: Report of the Quality Initial Teacher Education Review. The review, announced by then-Education Minister Alan Tudge in April ...
More »‘Why are we still doing what we do when all evidence indicates that it does not work?’ A Finnish perspective on our education system – opinion
In the shadows of last year’s teacher strike in New South Wales, a number of people asked me how the Finnish education system would deal with the issues causing dissatisfaction for Australian teachers. It is an excellent question. It is ...
More »More than just bandaids: the role of school nurses during COVID-19
Before it had hit nine o’clock on a Monday morning, school nurse Lisa Chalmers had already been greeted with a raft of changes made to COVID-19 protocols and a student returning home from South Africa. "That involves then working through ...
More »‘Angry and frustrated’: Teachers Association president speaks out ahead of strike – Podcast
Ahead of the NSW public school teacher’s strike on Tuesday December 7, Education Review spoke with Michael Schiffer, an experienced school teacher and school counsellor in the Armidale region of NSW. He is also the the president of the Armidale ...
More »COP 26 marks the perfect time to reassess climate in the classroom
As COP 26 in the UK concentrates minds around the world on the impending climate crisis, the thoughts of educators turn to developing the climate citizens of tomorrow. Developing a generation of citizens capable of the type of thinking we ...
More »ACARA boss argues for improvement rather than change in Australian schooling, but one ‘passionate teacher’ questions this
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) CEO David de Carvalho has recently written an article that addresses whether change or improvement is required in our country’s education system. The article, which was adapted from a speech the ACARA ...
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