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NSW Schools Summit: Collective power will fuel student success
“Neglecting to teach synthetic phonics in the early years is the educational equivalent of refusing to vaccinate our children.”
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Why the curriculum should be based on students’ readiness, not their age
Worse, the students most affected are those also disadvantaged by their socioeconomic circumstances.
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A school system tailored to individual ability rather than age sounds good, but there’s no evidence it works
Until we have research documenting and evaluating such approaches, at scale across whole schools and systems, the risks far outweigh…
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Expert teachers new ingredient in curriculum reform
“The work these expert teachers do over the next four years will directly embed teachers’ perspectives into the curriculum reforms.”
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Children with same-sex parents do better at school than their peers
Leveraging the records of 13 consecutive cohorts of primary school students, we compared the academic outcomes of all children raised…
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$20m program lifts out of school hours care places
Forty-seven schools across NSW will open Out of School Hours Care Hubs by June as part of the NSW Government’s…
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Fast track for top teachers to become principals
Each year 30 excelling teachers and 20 teaching graduates can apply to participate in a new NSW government program to…
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Promise to boost mental health support in schools
The $2m+ funding boost will be available to government, Catholic and independent primary schools in rural or regional communities experiencing…
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NSW’s new strategy puts regional students front and centre
The strategy focuses on attracting more high-quality teachers to the bush, support for their professional development, improved digital access and…
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Aussie teachers called to apply for $1m prize
Teachers applying for the Global Teacher Prize will be assessed on teaching practices, how they innovate to address local challenges,…
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