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Expert panel to progress year one phonics test
The Turnbull Government has announced an expert group of principals, teachers, speech specialists, academics and researchers will progress the staged…
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Principal: school doesn’t work for most kids
“Secondary school, at least, only really works for about a third of students,” according to Templestowe College principal Peter Hutton.…
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Organisation the key for collaborative, calm teaching
Teachers manage a dizzying list of tasks, obligations and interruptions, with up to thirty-five students chattering, emoting, and needing things.…
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Australian STEM education lags behind US, UK and Kazakhstan
A recent release of results from the four-yearly Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study has left many speechless and…
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Scholarship and accelerated learning program testing
Handled well, scholarships are a win-win situation. Schools enhance their diversity and talent base and market key aspects of their…
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Special Report: Is the quest for success harming our kids?
Lucy Clark, author of Beautiful Failures on pressure, parent-teacher relations and the pitfalls of “the quest for success”.
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School starting age not a Tasmanian election issue
Tasmanian education minister, Jeremy Rockliff says school starting age will not become an election issue. Controversy around the reforms will…
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Can starting school too young jeopardise development?
The Tasmanian State Government is proposing to lower the compulsory school starting age by six months, from five years to…
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