Education
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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?
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The government claims teaching is a national priority, but cheaper degrees won’t improve the profession
Undergraduates who study teaching will have their HECS fees slashed by 45%. Surely school teachers should be popping the champagne?…
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Biggest education shake up in 30 years
The NSW school curriculum will be overhauled to improve standards, according to the state education department, with changes starting in…
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Humanities graduates earn more than those who study science and maths
The overall employment rate of engineering graduates is 95%, while science and maths graduates have a 90.1% rate of overall…
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