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In The Classroom
Curriculum review? Teacher education review? Balancing the equation correctly – opinion
The school year has commenced and already there has been a flood of media coverage related to mathematics. The most…
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In The Classroom
Who’s afraid of critical thinking? And why you and your students shouldn’t be
To have adopted a rather pessimistic or ‘tick the box’ attitude towards the Australian Curriculum’s general capabilities – and in…
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In The Classroom
On a knead to know basis: ACARA CEO
What does MasterChef 2020 have to do with school? More than you'd think. The show's Grand Finale took place the…
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In The Classroom
Mathematics minus numeracy – a first step toward decluttering: Opinion
The process has begun – finally! We hope that the work to review the mathematics (and digital technologies) curriculum over…
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In The Classroom
Overhaul of NAPLAN results on My School website
The My School website – which includes schools’ NAPLAN latest results from 2019, among other information – has been updated…
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Policy & Reform
Is the LANTITE contributing to the ‘collapse’ of the Australian teaching profession?
When Education Review published an opinion piece by Mihad Ali highlighting her frustration with the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education…
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In The Classroom
2019 NAPLAN Report: CEO hopeful of a turnaround in writing achievement
The latest NAPLAN National Report shows there have been gains made in several domains and year levels, most importantly in…
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Policy & Reform
ACARA accused of covering up true extent of NAPLAN failure
The release of the NAPLAN 2019 summary information showed writing scores for primary school students improved over last year’s results,…
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In The Classroom
Girls better than boys at ICT, but possibly less interested in it
Remember the infamous 'Google memo'? In July 2017, Google engineer James Damore circulated an email to his colleagues, critiquing the…
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News
Early NAPLAN marks released amid terse trans-Pacific debate
Schools now have their hands on early NAPLAN data, a day after two US professors called for the marks to…
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