STEM
Numeracy in schools doesn’t add up. Here’s how experts would solve the problem
All children would be tested for numeracy knowledge in the first two years of school under a plan to tackle underachievement in maths.
- by Robyn Grace
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WA teachers warn parents not to tell their kids they hate maths
How can parents do their best to encourage children to enjoy maths, especially if the subject was never one they loved?
- by Holly Thompson
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HSC
Major change looms for top-level HSC English course
The highest-level HSC English course is set to undergo its biggest shakeup in more than 25 years.
- by Christopher Harris
Where are the women? High school STEM curriculum pushes ‘lone male genius’ narrative
A study of curriculums for year 11 and 12 science subjects found only three states mention the work of a female scientist – and she was from Britain.
- by Robyn Grace
Are you smarter than a 12th grader? Try your hand at some of the hardest ATAR exam questions
Can you answer some of the toughest questions from the 2022 WACE exams?
- by Holly Thompson
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Science
Women in science not lifted by decade of investment
The government’s Women in STEM ambassador says the key issue is ‘lack of respect for women, and discrimination and harassment in the workplace’.
- by Liam Mannix
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Toorak College
Blitzing the gap: Next steps to uplift women in STEM
Small steps will have a big impact on the lack of female representation in STEM education and careers.
- by Nina Hendy
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
Why girls are shying away from HSC extension maths
Universities insisting on mathematics as a prerequisite has thus far failed to entice HSC students into matriculation-standard courses.
- by Daniella White
Opinion
Schools
What the ‘flight to private’ is doing to Perth schools, and those left behind
Why are relatively privileged inner suburbanites happy to put up with substandard public education and lack of return on taxes, instead paying through the nose?
- by Emma Young
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