When researcher Kelly Norris released a report last year arguing Australian schools needed an evidence-based early numeracy screener to identify mathematically at-risk students, it was a case of be careful what you ca...
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A quarter of pre-school-aged children in some mortgage-belt electorates are missing out on early learning despite the presence of high quality centres nearby, new analysis shows.
Accused youth criminals fitted with ankle monitoring bracelets will not be allowed to attend mainstream schools after a Victorian Government plan was dumped at the 11th hour.
A new partnership is now seeing children across nine early learning centres in Canberra learn fundamental pre-literacy and oral language skills before they hit the school classroom.
It’s been almost ten years since independent school leader Judi Paape retired, the first of four failed attempts.
Self-regulation, the ability to manage your own thoughts, emotions and behaviour, begins to develop in the preschool years and its impact is felt well into adult life.
School leadership staff are reportedly sending teachers ‘friend’ requests on social media in a bid to spy on their online activities and capture screenshots to squirrel back up the ranks. EducationHQ spoke with two experts in workplace law who discuss the situation and weigh in with some words of...
While this year’s NAPLAN results have demonstrated that national levels are broadly stable, areas for improvement have been highlighted, with an average of 10.3% of students needing additional support in reading and 9.5% in numeracy. Education Services Australia’s (ESA’s) range of curriculum-alig...
As Salman Khan sees it, children most often struggle to progress at school, not because the world lacks incredible teachers, but because by design the mass education model underpinning our schooling system allows learning gaps to flourish.
Big international names in structured literacy will touch down in New Zealand this month to share their knowledge with Kiwi educators.
The most foundational building block in a child’s education is literacy.
I asked my students to complete a simple CLOZE exercise requiring them to copy sentences from the board but to fill in gaps within the sentences with their own words.
Recently the Australian Bureau of Statistics published statistics contrasting teacher-student ratios in 2004 (14.3 students to one teacher) with those in 2024 (12.9 students to one teacher).
The 2023 TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) results have brought a combination of hope and concern for New Zealanders, this being the first time scores have increased in a decade, however a new achievement gap has emerged and another persists.
The latest international test results have some good news for New Zealand primary school science teachers.
Government cuts to STEM education funding, along with the cost-of-living crisis, are threatening the future of STEM skills in New Zealand, industry professionals say.
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