Locked fridges a must for staff
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Education
Bible lessons ‘should be a must‘
Australian students should be required to study the Bible as part of a well-rounded education, says a leading US Christian activist.
Teens use digital voice on guns
Teenagers use social media to build a national network of gun control activists.
ANU’s China centre ‘in disarray’
China studies at the ANU is in ‘disarray’ and faces a major overhaul after a damning external review.
NAPLAN tests axed as HSC path
NSW has dumped plans to use Year 9 NAPLAN test results to determine whether a student can receive a HSC.
NSW scraps NAPLAN plan
NSW has scrapped a contentious plan to link Year 9 NAPLAN results with qualifying for the HSC following a backlash.
Call to ditch grades as yardstick
Students would be taught according to their ability rather than their age under a proposal to redefine success in the classroom.
Positive means plus for students
A western Sydney school has worked hard to address high absentee rates, and its efforts are paying off.
Learning to close the gap
Melbourne school tailors education for indigenous students from remote areas.
Mundine’s call for truancy fines
Warren Mundine has called for the states and territories to face hefty fines unless indigenous school attendance improves.
Research high on ALP curriculum
Labor has pledged to strip the ideology and politics out of education.
Woo has numbers where it counts
Sydney’s Eddie Woo has been named one of the world’s top 10 teachers.
CWA mauling for McGowan
Hundreds of CWA members have marched through Perth to protest against McGowan government cuts to rural education.
Teachers need to learn maths
Helping early childhood educators overcome their difficulties with maths could be the key to improving students’ performance, an Edith Cowan University researcher says.
Closing the Gap a matter of pride
For Libby Cook-Black, Closing the Gap isn’t some random set of numbers in an annual report.
More STEM funds to target women
Australia desperately needs to increase the number of women in science and maths.
Selective schools for rich kids
Students from highly privileged backgrounds are filling the classrooms at academically selective schools.
Call to rethink metrics tool
The learning gap between remote indigenous students and those in capital cities could be greater than measures suggest.
Payback from pre-school
Early childhood education can multiply disadvantaged kids’ prospects of obtaining post-school qualifications.
$750m top schools ‘don’t need’
Wealthy private schools are overflowing with private cash but still receive taxpayer-funded handouts.
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