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Schools need to have a formal policy in place for how to deal with heatwaves effectively and keep children cool and well.
For the first time since 1911, students in NSW can now complete Year 12 without having read a novel or poetry.
Fragmentation, inconsistency and a lack of accountability between alternative education providers means not all young people get access to a good education.
Tanya Plibersek, shadow minister for education, told reporters recently that Australia is slightly below average when it comes to international funding for our schools. Is that right?
Public schools are spaces in which equality can either be supported or weakened.
Teachers – get to really know your kids, their families, their community and its history, and what’s going on at home. While school policies are important, relationships are the real keys to success.
Focusing on the opportunity to learn gap removes the emphasis from locating “the problem” in the person, and turns our attention to the differences in access to educational resources.
Redesigning staffing policies will attract and retain high-quality teachers in the schools that need them most.
17% of the Australian population is now of various Asian backgrounds. School curriculum around Asia-Australia relations needs updating to reflect demograpic changes.
Our current way of assessing students doesn’t let them see the progress they are making over extended periods of time.
Our enemy is complacency – blaming the post-codes, fixing the students not the system, and arguing for more resources to continue what is not working.
Despite significant reform agendas over the past decade, no real progress in outcomes has been achieved.
We take a closer look at some of the common claims made this year to see if there is any truth to them.
While spending has grown for preschools, schools and universities, vocational education misses out.
The latest round of NAPLAN results show Australia’s school systems are not good at reducing the influence of a student’s background on their academic achievement.
Policy continuity is what is needed to improve Australian students’ maths capability.
If we want excellence in our schools, we have to provide a system with the incentives, enablers and rewards for improvement built in.
Any new approach to linking welfare payments to attendance must address the flaws of previous trials. It will require the cooperation of schools and the availability of accurate, real-time data.
Australia needs a new approach to solve the rural staffing churn. The solution might be found in better preparing those who teach the teachers.
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Policy Analyst, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer, Education Policy and Leadership, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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