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Health+Wellbeing
Attendance levels drop 15 per cent in five years
School attendance levels have dipped for another year, with the number of students attending classes falling below pre-Covid-19 levels. Across…
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Opinion
The role of education in a “fake news” world: Opinion
There is no doubt that we live in challenging times. Our era has been labelled by some as ‘post-truth’, implying…
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Top Stories
New CEO appointed for ACARA
Education Minister Jason Clare has announced that the former leader of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) has taken…
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News
Just under half of students aren’t proficient in science
Only 57 per cent of Year 6 students and 54 per cent of Year 10 students attained the science proficiency…
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Policy & Reform
Disruption report: Aus classrooms ‘among the worst in the world’
Nine sweeping education reforms have been recommended by the Senate in The issue of increasing disruption in Australian school classrooms…
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In The Classroom
NAPLAN: what have we learned?
Australians are up in arms over the results of the 2023 National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), raising…
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Advertorial
In with the new curriculum and keeping the old too
There is a myriad of research from over the decades that highlights humans’ fear of the unknown. And so, it…
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News
NAPLAN: ACARA thanks teachers for ‘seamless’ transition
The Australian Curriculum Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA) has thanked teachers and schools who made the test transition from May to…
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Policy & Reform
Big changes to NAPLAN
Australia's education ministers have announced major changes to standardised NAPLAN tests including changes to the way results are reported to…
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News
NAPLAN 2022 shows ‘steady’ recovery from Covid-19
Australian students’ spelling results have shown significant declines in some yearly cohorts, according to this year’s NAPLAN, but overall national…
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