Education

TAFE versus private providers: Union backlash to VET funding

The Productivity Commission review into skills and workforce development is failing to ensure the public TAFE system's future as the…

4 years ago

Secondary school textbooks teach our kids the myth that Aboriginal Australians were nomadic hunter-gatherers

It’s difficult to understand why a contemporary publisher of school textbooks would publish misleading or incorrect material. However, we do…

4 years ago

‘Exhausted beyond measure’: what teachers are saying about COVID-19 and the disruption to education

Overwhelmingly, teachers from early childhood to higher education experienced a significant increase in their workload. One teacher said the sudden…

4 years ago

Victoria’s Year 12 students are learning remotely. But they won’t necessarily fall behind

Will remote learning at the end of schooling mean Victorian students will fall behind the rest of the country?

4 years ago

Schools and COVID: Rethinking educational ethics during a pandemic

One suggestion can be to “Marie Kondo the curriculum” – that is, focus on vital topics that bring joy, especially…

4 years ago

We know by Year 11 what mark students will get in Year 12. Do we still need a stressful exam?

A new Year 12 design: we propose to dramatically revise Year 12 with the help of predictive analytics.

4 years ago

Why governments must recognise the importance of an arts-based education

Music and the arts provide ways for non-English-speaking and refugee students to succeed in the Australian school system, and unite…

4 years ago

Gov confirms 90% of teaching students met literacy and numeracy standard benchmarks in 2019

The Federal Government is consulting through Education Council to secure state and territory government support for the release of more…

4 years ago

Students in Melbourne will go back to remote schooling. Here’s what we learnt last time and how to make it better

Around the same number of teachers said the remote learning period had a positive (33%), negative (36%) or neither positive…

4 years ago

Digital divide impacts vulnerable students

"Disruption to regular schooling caused by COVID-19 was not the cause of the digital inclusion gap, but served to illuminate…

4 years ago

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