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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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