australian education system

One step closer for Gonski funding plan: Birmingham

The federal government’s schools funding plan has passed the House of Representatives despite opposition of all Labor members to the…

7 years ago

Consolidation in OOSH care ‘causing problems’

When a non-verbal seven-year-old boy with autism and Down syndrome walked unnoticed out of his after-school care and into a…

7 years ago

Why is financial literacy declining in Australian 15-year-olds?

Around a fifth of 15-year-olds in Australia do not have basic financial literacy, according to a new OECD Programme for…

7 years ago

Literacy: Book Bunker takes storytime to schools nationwide

This year's National Simultaneous Storytime got both literacy and childhood illness on the agenda with 686,000 registered readers across the…

7 years ago

How to keep new teachers in the job?

New teachers are leaving the profession at an alarming rate. How can we make them stay? Reasons for leaving include…

7 years ago

Selective schools’ long and tangled history with race and class

Selective high schools in Australia are both popular and controversial. Many more children seek enrolment in them than gain entry.

7 years ago

Gonski revisited: new funding model to follow

The federal government will introduce a new version of federal school funding following the completion of "Gonski 2.0", in what…

7 years ago

Robots offer ‘telepresence’ in classrooms of the future

Welcome to the classroom of the future, where “robots” could outnumber students. With remote learning on the up, it was…

7 years ago

Class Dojo: What if you were last?

Adam Voigt offers another perspective on the effectiveness of Class Dojo style behaviour management approaches. Many are convinced points systems…

7 years ago

New 100-year-old Anzac footage: national film archive

Providing a valuable resource for history teachers, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has published a selection…

7 years ago

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