numeracy
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In The Classroom
Single-sex schools going co-ed
Several Sydney high schools will transition to co-education after community consultation showed strong support for migrating schools away from single-sex…
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In The Classroom
Regional principal named among 2023 education powerhouses
The Australian Financial Review (AFR) has named the principal of a small public primary school in country Victoria among the…
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In The Classroom
Australian students entering high school with Year 4 english skills: report
One in five Australian students are entering high school without basic literacy and numeracy skills, according to a new report…
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Podcasts
High maths anxiety linked to poor results: podcast
Maths anxiety has become a growing issue in Australian classrooms, driving students’ numeracy results down, an education expert has said. …
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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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Top Stories
Literacy and numeracy are important, but there is far more to effective teaching
Graduates from accredited teaching courses will be required to pass literacy and numeracy tests before they can enter the profession…
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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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School Management
NAPLAN week draws multifaceted critique
Months before controversial NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes called for NAPLAN to be scrapped last week, change.org user Sparkt started an…
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In The Classroom
NAPLAN National Report: Indigenous, LBOTE students most improved
In August we learned that there were NAPLAN triumphs and concerns: overall, reading and numeracy were up, yet writing had…
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