Weeks have gone by since students across the country received their ATAR results, and many have already been offered places at university and accepted them. However, a large number of former students will be pursuing other options – such as vocational ...
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Clifton Creek Primary: The international effort to rebuild an ‘idyllic’ place of learning
Clifton Creek Primary School was once an idyllic place for learning, set among the foothills of East Gippsland, Victoria, where the “farmland meets the forest”. Now, however, it is no more – yet another casualty of the worst bushfires in ...
More »Education Review: The year that was – podcast
The year in review is available on the podcast above or you can read the summary below. Education is not just important to us for what is does – educating our youth for their future – it’s also important, almost ...
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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 ...
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 »Maths expert calls on academics to go back into the classroom – Podcast
Dr Majeda Awawdeh is a former high school teacher who exited the education sector after "15 years of frustration". In this podcast, she talks about some of the causes of Australian students' slide in maths across the years and considers ...
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 »Poor PISA results indicate a lack of ‘respect’ in Australian classrooms
A UNSW academic has pointed to classroom disruption and disrespect as key causes of Australia’s poor Programme for International Assessment (PISA) results this year. Associate Professor Jihyun Lee from the school of education said PISA measures the disciplinary or disruptive ...
More »Education sector’s response to latest PISA results – podcast
This week was all about Australia’s underwhelming 2018 PISA results, so I thought it would be appropriate to produce a 'response from the sector', a quick rundown of what Australia’s education experts think about the results. Dr Steven Lewis, a ...
More »Joanna Barbousas on the decline in interest in teaching: Podcast
A recent Indeed report concluded that searches for teaching jobs declined in 2019, with some states recording sharp dips. This follows an article in The Conversation last year lamenting the drop in first-preference applications in teaching, as well as a ...
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