There’s no doubt that school funding will be a significant election issue and that what the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Education Union describe as the 'Gonski funding model' will be centre stage. Notwithstanding the AEU’s ‘I give a ...
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How to put students at the heart of timetabling
Timetabling methods have shifted from blackboards that endlessly change, to pieces of cardboard with lots of coloured pins, to hundreds of post-it notes on a whiteboard, and now timetabling software. But one thing remains the same: school timetables can be ...
More »Children’s reading skills improve as academics train teachers
Professional learning delivered by academics to teachers in Queensland’s Bowen Basin has improved reading ability in the local schoolchildren. The project involved University of Queensland education experts instructing teachers in local communities. The academics showed the teachers techniques for reading education, and observed ...
More »Greens pledge $4.6 billion in Gonski funding
The Australian Greens are taking the policy of $4.6 billion in Gonski funding for students with disabilities – to be rolled out over the next four years – to the next election. Styling themselves as the only party to fund the needs of ...
More »Run all school-based apprenticeships through group training: peak body
If the peak body for group training organisations gets its way, the upcoming federal Budget will contain proposals to run all school-based apprenticeships through group training. Group training is an employment arrangement whereby a GTO recruits apprentices, and places them with host ...
More »Opinion: rethink education for children with disabilities
The Australian Education Union’s State of Our Schools Survey 2016 has found that teachers feel a lack of preparation in meeting the needs of students with a disability, whilst principals said they ‘siphon’ funds to meet needs. It is clear pre-service ...
More »Training, funds inadequate to support children with disabilities: survey
Just under three-quarters of teachers say their pre-service training didn’t prepare them adequately for educating children with a disability. This data comes from the Australian Education Union’s State of Our Schools Survey 2016. Two-thirds of public school teachers surveyed also said ...
More »Hothouse talents: mentoring for creativity at the heart of ACMI program
As reported earlier in Education Review, Victorian high school students with an inclination towards the creative and visual arts are being encouraged to apply for one of 10 action-packed mentoring experiences curated by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). Called ...
More »Quality early education isn’t available for all: report
One-third of children nationwide don’t attend enough preschool, leaving one-fifth of children, many from the poorest backgrounds, developmentally unprepared for school – a new report has identified. Quality Early Education for All: Fostering creative, entrepreneurial, resilient and capable learners by ...
More »The best inclusive schools are subtle: architect
Inclusiveness should be integrated subtly into a school's design, an architect has argued. Wayne Stephens, a partner at Melbourne architects ClarkeHopkinsClarke, said the best inclusive environments are those designed to be so “without it being very evident”. There is also no one-size-fits-all approach ...
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