PISA
‘Difficult, cold and abstract’: Why girls feel helpless in this school subject
Would you feel confident calculating the cost of a computer with added tax? Forty per cent of Australian teenagers do not, an international report says.
- by Christopher Harris
Latest
‘Girls are struggling the most’: What’s really going on in our schools
Australian teenagers are more likely to feel unsafe and bullied at school than their international peers, while schoolgirls are highly anxious without their digital devices.
- by Robyn Grace and Lucy Carroll
Noisy, disruptive, distracted: Australian classrooms among world’s worst
Australian students do not listen to teachers and are distracted by digital devices in classrooms full of noise and disorder, according to the latest international report card.
- by Christopher Harris
The secret to engaging young brains in the classroom revealed
NSW students performed strongly in international testing in science. This northern Sydney school shares its strategy.
- by Christopher Harris and Lucy Carroll
Australian school students more than four years behind in maths
Concerning academic results have emerged for the nation and Victoria, where the proportion of low performers in maths has hit 26 per cent – the highest on record.
- by Robyn Grace
When school’s out, tutoring’s in: Students sign up for after-hours study to get ahead
These high school students are signing up for extra tutoring classes to get ahead in key subject areas including maths, English and science.
- by Emma Koehn
Editorial
Education
Maths revamp could pave way for student excellence
A sweeping overhaul of the state’s mathematics syllabus will be rolled out in all NSW schools from next year as part of a drive to channel more students into calculus-based advanced and extension HSC courses.
- The Herald's View
After radical NAPLAN overhaul, one-third of students fail to meet new standards
Experts say teachers must adopt explicit approaches to teaching numeracy and literacy in primary school to address the results.
- by Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
Opinion
Education
Read the room: It’s time to act on our children’s literacy
If federal Education Minister Jason Clare has one goal this term, it should be making sure all of our kids can read.
- by Roshena Campbell
Opinion
Education
Girls’ schools buck decline in maths participation
Girls involvement in higher-level STEM subjects is broadly declining. But at all-girls schools, the trend is reversed.
- by Loren Bridge
‘How are there so many perfect scores?’ IB results raise eyebrows
Close to 5 per cent of Australian International Baccalaureate graduates received a perfect score last year, compared with 0.09 per cent of VCE graduates.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
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