Education
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NSW Budget delivers record $24.4 billion for lifelong learning
This includes more than $725 million invested in early childhood education, $20.5 billion on schools and $2.9 billion on skills.
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Mathematics practice makes progress
Schools must find a programme that will push students to reach their full potential while lessening maths anxiety by building…
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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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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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A ‘crowded curriculum’? Sure, it may be complex, but so is the world kids must engage with
The Australian Curriculum is going through a review process with proposed changes released for public consultation at the end of…
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‘I always get horny … am I not normal?’: teenage girls often feel shame about pleasure. Sex education needs to address this
Good school-based sex education means providing teachers with the training and support they need without fear of backlash. In the…
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Teaching young people about sex is too important to get wrong. Here are 5 videos that actually hit the mark
Two videos were removed this week from the Australian government’s recently released sexuality education resource for schools.
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TIMSS report demands effort to lift Aussie school standards
Only half of Australia’s Year 4 students attended schools where more than 25 per cent of students enter school foundational…
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It’s time to teach the whole story about ovulation and its place in the menstrual cycle
Health education frequently fails to teach the menstrual cycle in its full entirety, focusing mostly on the bleeding part of…
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1 in 4 Australian year 8s have teachers unqualified in maths — this hits disadvantaged schools even harder
Students with expert maths teachers score higher...
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