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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…
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‘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…
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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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VIC schools enter stage 3&4 lockdown but is it enough?
Tuesday will be a Pupil Free Day and schools will only stay open for vulnerable children and those who cannot…
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Failure to boost public education COVID funding ignores future economic stimulus, Union says
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the existing inequality in school funding for public schools with 99% of public schools under…
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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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Only one fifth of school students with disability had enough support during the remote learning period
We found children who received one form of support were 24% more likely to feel part of a learning community…
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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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More than 90% of Year 10 teachers don’t know the age of criminal responsibility in Australia
A significant proportion of teachers (36.8%) believed 16 was the minimum age of criminal responsibility. And 32.8% said they did…
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Two school leaders on facing a summer of bushfires and COVID-19
Michelle Wainwright, principal of Batlow Technology School, lives on a farm and lost everything in the fires that hit the…
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