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Algorithms can decide your marks, your work prospects and your financial security. How do you know they’re fair?
Algorithms are becoming commonplace. They can determine employment prospects, financial security and more. The use of algorithms can be controversial…
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Children’s Word of the Year show student desire to take back control post-COVID
Children’s language experts analysed more than 76,000 short stories and over 9 million words written by Australian students aged seven…
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Why do Australian states need a national curriculum, and do teachers even use it?
Teachers get the curriculum directly from the website. For these teachers, the Australian Curriculum is like Google Maps. It tells…
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Yes, Australia’s PISA test results may be slipping, but new findings show most students didn’t try very hard
Most Australian students who took part in the last OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) said they would have…
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A failure at 6? Data-driven assessment isn’t helping young children’s learning
Schools are turning their backs on the relentless measuring of young children’s attainments. St John’s, a multicultural primary school in…
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MPs banned from visiting public schools as industrial action escalates
The ongoing industrial action includes new bans on NAPLAN Online School Readiness Testing and education support staff undertaking duties during…
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Teacher wins $1M Global Teacher Prize
Together, the Global Teacher Prize and the Global Student Prize tell inspirational stories from both sides of education. The prizes…
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Call to action to improve school attendance
Significant problems with school student attendance and retention rates in South Australia have not been addressed with adequate resources and…
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Being in a class with high achievers improves students’ test scores. We tried to find out why
There is a large body of research showing better peers can help increase a child’s test scores. But much less…
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School psychologists suffer burnout, ongoing job insecurity amid youth mental health crisis
The need for better conditions comes as the Federal Government considers a recommendation to introduce a ratio of one psychologist…
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