A new report has found that Australian student achievement has continued to decline despite being one of the highest spending countries on schooling in the world. In a report by the Centre for Independent Studies’ (CIS) Glenn Fahey, titled Dollars ...
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Research conducted by the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) has concluded that 1.25 million Australian children fell behind in learning because of the COVID-19 school closures. The paper, Parents’ perspectives on home-based learning in the covid-19 pandemic, covers a wide-range ...
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School closures across Australia were not evidenced based, according to a recent report by The Centre for Independent Studies. The report, entitled ‘Pain without gain: Why school closures are bad policy’ and written by Blaise Joseph and Glenn Fahey, makes ...
More »NSW teacher standards too subjective: think tank
On Monday, Prime Minster Scott Morrison announced he doesn't send his kids to a public school because of "values". On the same day, the NSW government introduced new standards for graduate teachers, to be imposed from 2019. They include a ...
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