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 bold blueprint to lift Australian primary students’ maths achievement and align all teachers’ instruction with the evidence about what works best has been unveiled by the Grattan Institute.
On a cold Thursday morning last winter, I stood at the back of a Year 5 class at Bentleigh West Primary School, in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs, as a maths lesson began.
The widely discredited learning styles myth has made a grand comeback in education research and teaching training circles across the world, new research led by Professor John Hattie has revealed.
‘Death by a thousand cuts’ is how school leaders describe the emotional impact of dealing with ‘engaged’ parents, with new research finding vulnerable principals are grappling with lawsuits, ethical dilemmas and escalating demands that undermine policy.
Many separated parents, and especially those in high-conflict situations, are getting a raw deal when it comes to the communication systems in place at their child's school, new research has revealed.
In the crowded landscape of school improvement initiatives, Unleashing Greatness is a strategy (and book) that aims to transform schools from struggling institutions to thriving learning environments.
Launching sensitive conversations with students that raise concerns about child sexual abuse can alter lives – but they can also be easily tucked in the ‘too hard’ basket, deemed too awkward or problematic to initiate in schools.
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.
Netflix’s new hit Adolescence isn’t an easy watch – and perhaps that’s precisely why every educator should check it out.
Buckminster Fuller predicted in 1960 that human knowledge doubled approximately every century. Today, some futurologists postulate that human knowledge doubles every 12 months and, in some domains, every 12 hours.
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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