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More stress, unclear gains: are selective schools really worth it?
Selective schools are known for being consistently high-performing, producing some of the highest final-year secondary school outcomes. The chances of…
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The Senate has voted to reject critical race theory from the national curriculum. What is it, and why does it matter?
The motion was moved by Senator Pauline Hanson. Critical race theory, or CRT, is an academic theory developed primarily by…
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Investment in modern classrooms would lift student performance
“Public school enrolments have grown by 300,000 over the last decade and there will be an additional 200,000 students entering…
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Free schools guide about inclusiveness and climate science is not ideological — it’s based on evidence
Topics such as “superdiversity” and “declaring a climate emergency” are only only a small selection of the 35 other topics...…
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School catchment zones may be annoying for some parents, but they help ensure equality for everyone
The South Australian government in recent months announced it was relaxing its catchment zone policy for secondary schools. This means…
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Green space around primary schools may improve students’ academic performance
We examined how greenery and traffic-related air pollution were associated with the average 2018 NAPLAN scores in years 3 and…
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4 reasons schools should let students wear sports uniforms every day
Most students, teachers and parents support a move away from traditional uniforms to ones more comfortable for students and more…
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Where are teachers’ COVID vaccines?
"The Federal Government must now make the timetable for vaccinating education staff clear..."
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9 in 10 LGBTQ+ students say they hear homophobic language at school, and 1 in 3 hear it almost every day
Bills in the federal and New South Wales parliaments have sought to stop teachers talking about gender and sexuality diversity…
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The proposed new maths curriculum doesn’t dumb down content. It actually demands more of students
Another criticism is that the new curriculum apparently delays linear equations — such as x + 3 = 11 (find…
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