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Eddie Woo’s expert maths team cut back under education department restructure
The Maths Growth Team that mentors other teachers will be reduced as part of a major restructure within the NSW Education Department.
- by Lucy Carroll
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It’s a 15-hour drive from the big city lights, but this regional school outperforms Brisbane
Students from this regional Queensland school are outshining Brisbane schools, while the gap between city and country is narrower in Queensland versus NSW.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Opinion
Selective schools
I always knew Sydney school parents had lost their minds. Now I have proof
Schools catering for gifted kids have an important place in public education, but we have veered well away from this ambition in NSW.
- by Alexandra Smith
The Sydney school debunking myths and bucking NAPLAN trends
The release of the latest literacy and numeracy results comes amid a stand-off between the federal education minister and his state counterparts over funding.
- by Lucy Carroll
Opinion
Opinion
Our kids aren’t failing NAPLAN. NAPLAN is failing our AutoCorrected kids
If our education system’s purpose is to turn students into passive consumers and mindless followers, then it is doing better each year.
- by Malcolm Knox
Opinion
Political leadership
Despite the FM PM every AM, it’s Dutton getting the listeners
When it needs to win back voters, the government looks underpowered.
- by David Crowe
Parent-teacher partnerships critical for school success
There is so much that should be done in public schools, but it has to be done with the partnership of teachers, governments and parents.
Where does your child sit? One-third of Victorian students need help
This year’s NAPLAN results show nearly 30 per cent of Victorian students are struggling with literacy and numeracy, and it hasn’t got better.
- by Noel Towell and Caroline Schelle
One in three students failing to meet NAPLAN standards, data reveals
Tens of thousands of NSW students have failed to reach the baseline standard in literacy and numeracy tests. Can you answer these year 5 numeracy and year 9 grammar questions correctly?
- by Lucy Carroll
WA students caught in NAPLAN cheating scandal
A West Australian school has been “counselled” after being caught handing out a cheat sheet on the day of the test that monitors Australian student performance.
- by Holly Thompson
Queensland tops nation for pulling kids out of NAPLAN tests
Two in five of the state’s school students are failing to meet national literacy and maths standards, but new data reveals their classmates are increasingly being withdrawn from the tests altogether.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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