Melbourne University says free...
The University of Melbourne is considering a gender affirmation policy that would prohibit public events or speech that could harm...
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To improve Australian schools,...
Adopting the practices of high-performing nations on PISA will not, on its own, improve Australia’s educational performance. Adopting...
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A revised Australian curriculum would give greater weight to the nation’s diversity and to First Nations culture, but less emphasis...
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Last year, the coronavirus pandemic challenged higher education, financially and existentially. Australian universities have worked...
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On one level it was a straightforward play-based assignment for the year 1 students of Princes Hill Primary School: they were to...
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The controversial year 1 phonics screening check will be compulsory in NSW public schools from next year after the state’s...
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Anthony Albanese – My last conversation with Susan Ryan was on September 4. It began with the usual pleasantries but typically,...
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For a country as wealthy as ours, the prospect that some disadvantaged children may never go back to school is unacceptable. By Anton...
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Thousands of high-achieving year 8 students still have no idea whether they will be accepted into Victoria’s select-entry...
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By Natassia Chrysanthos – Students must stay within their year groups and inter-school activities will be confined to local...
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By Susan Williams – Let’s reinvent the wheel, shall we? Let’s ignore research and well-tested outcomes. Because...
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As hundreds of thousands of children and their parents reboot their screens for the return to remote learning on Monday, each...
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As students officially returned to school following the COVID lockdown, many gifted children found themselves returning to a mundane...
read moreDance, netball and gender bias...
The newly co-ed Marist Catholic College in North Sydney is putting staff and boys through gender bias training, so it doesn’t...
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Two schools in Melbourne’s north-west remained closed for deep cleaning on Monday after students tested positive to COVID-19 last...
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By Jocelyn Garcia – Teachers will be ready to welcome Year 2 to 10 students to class on May 25 if it’s safe to do so,...
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The Queensland government will announce plans by Tuesday to use television – initially the ABC – to get school classes to...
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While American university students proudly wear ‘first in family’ badges, those in Australia suffer higher drop-out...
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A former Leaping Wolf revisits his Cubs pack to see how the Scouting movement is faring in the face of multiple challenges. Once a...
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Elizabeth Stone’s high school students love books. But when the Queenwood principal asks them to name those books, they often...
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