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The political obsession with back to basics literacy is leaving schools behind. What is taught in school is becoming increasingly distant from what is required in the real world.
Bill Shorten is pushing schools funding to the centre of this year’s election battle by committing to fully funding the Gonski blueprint.
By tying funding to disability categories, schools and parents are being put under pressure to seek a diagnosis for their child in order to get funding support.
We need to change the school admissions code.
As the new school year begins, here’s some advice for how parents and teachers can get off on the right foot.
Inner-city parents in urban redevelopment zones are the most likely to have problems getting their children into a government school.
A change in enrolment patterns demands a more comprehensive approach to selection to teacher education programs that goes beyond establishing minimum ATAR cutoff points.
Rather than being microcosms of the community, schools are increasingly divided by class and ethnicity.
You wouldn’t feel so confident about claiming you weren’t good at reading, so why is it okay to be openly negative about mathematics?
The only way to retain good teachers is to change the way schools operate at a systemic level.
Of the 15,000 newly graduated teachers, less than half will find permanent employment in Australia. Now’s the time to decide if you stay on to do casual teaching or work abroad.
The dumping of Gonski education funding model will inevitably increase social inequality – funding for public schools will reduce while support for private schools increase.
Biometrics in schools may compromise pupils’ life-long security for the sake of short term ease of administration.
When Higher Education gets involved in our children’s schooling, we risk widening inequalities and creating ethical dangers.
Don’t panic if you didn’t get the school results you wanted – here’s what to do.
People seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas should have access to education funding and loan schemes so they can improve their skills, gain qualifications and contribute to Australia.
Many families move over the course of their children’s lifetimes for a multitude of reasons. But what is the impact on the education of children when their families move?
There is little evidence to suggest that testing teaching students on their literacy and numeracy will have any impact on the quality of teaching and learning in Australian classrooms.
November 29 marks the 40th anniversary of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA). Prior to the law, some states excluded the “crippled” from public education.
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Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
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