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Why memorising poetry still matters
Internalising a poem need not be a rote process. Done right, in fact, it is an intellectual exercise that illuminates…
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How to make good arguments at school (and everywhere else)
One shortcoming in the Australian Curriculum is that it asks students to write persuasively, by using emotive language.
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Teacher's Desk
One in 10 Aussie kids care for someone with a disability or drug dependence – they need help at school
We found children who cared for a person with a mental illness or one using alcohol or other drugs had…
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Opinion
Adam Voigt: How we signal negative feelings in students
We do our students an awful disservice when our responses to wrong doing or even to negative feelings being experienced…
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Critics bash $30.2m Local Schools Community Fund as applications open
“Compared to the billions of dollars Mr Morrison has handed out in grants to private schools, it’s insulting," AEU has…
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Abuse allegations rock Sydney private school
Bondi biology teacher has been arrested and charged with 11 counts of sexual intercourse with a person under care.
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The STEAM era has dawned for our schools
The programs and projects that schools are using and touting as STEAM enable students to apply their knowledge in different…
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Opinion
NSW has 48 selective schools. Victoria has 4. There’s an interesting history behind this…
Many so-called comprehensive public high schools in high-unemployment areas have neither sustained enrolments nor a broad or comprehensive curriculum.
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