ACT schools underperforming: researchers

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published August 27, 2018

Data analysis by Australian National University (ANU) shows ACT school students are several months, sometimes years, behind their peers in writing and numeracy.

ACT students are lagging behind their peers in other states.

Researchers from the ANU School of Law studied NAPLAN results from 2012-2016 for ACT schools and compared it to the ...

Physiotherapist - Therapies and Nursing (Coorparoo)

Department of Education and Training (Queensland) Brisbane

Could your physiotherapy skills support children with disability to reach their full potential at school? We are seeking an innovative physiotherapist to provide supp...

Teaching - Secondary / Mar 11, 2025

Director of Teaching Development - Primary School

Canberra Grammar School Red Hill ACT

Seeking an experienced and passionate Educator to join our Primary School’s Leadership team.

School Management / Mar 11, 2025

Resident Boys' Boarding House Supervisor

Canberra Grammar School Red Hill ACT

Seeking a live-in Boarding Supervisor to join the Boys’ Boarding House.

Student Services / Mar 11, 2025

School news / Keyboard creeps: major new study reveals online groomers targetting kids

The prevalence of young people being groomed online and shocking statistics about sexual violence from dating apps have sparked calls for more action.

Leadership / ‘Left completely out of it’: separated parents invisible to schools, study finds

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.

School news / The webcam-based eye-tracking tech that’s helping maths teachers: AI update

A new AI-based learning system that recognises students’ strengths and weaknesses in mathematics by tracking eye movements with a webcam to generate problem-solving hints, could have significant implications for teaching the subject here in Austra...

School news / NAPLAN 2025: national literacy and numeracy testing draws mixed response

Almost 1.3 million students are gearing up to take annual NAPLAN assessments due to kick off this Wednesday, as an expert warns trying to teach to the test will not improve outcomes.

School news / Nobel prize winner returns to hometown where she was almost killed by Taliban

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned home to Barkana in northwestern Pakistan for the first time since she was shot by the Taliban in 2012.

School news / Creativity a better predictor of academic achievement than GPAs, personality traits: research

A groundbreaking new study from University of South Australia researchers has found that creativity plays an essential role in academic success, suggesting students who think outside the box are more likely to excel in literacy and numeracy assess...

School news / Back from burnout: the charge to prevent mental ill-health in early career teachers

Former teacher Dr Debra Phillips knows well how the experience of burnout can manifest.

School news / ‘Inequity in our schooling system incompatible with self-image of a fair go’: Bruniges

The nation’s former education department boss has called for considered national debate on equity and disadvantage in Australian schooling, querying whether private schools, beyond offering sporting scholarships, could open their doors to greater ...

School news / The free book for educators that promises to ‘unleash the teacher within’

Described by Professor John Hattie as ‘the go-to book when school life feels like a bowl of prunes’, a second edition of Adam Voigt’s ‘Restoring Teaching’ has been released – and it’s free for all educators.

School news / Children’s Word of the Year reveals digital gen yearns for deeper real-world connections

With ‘friend’ just announced as Oxford's Australian Children’s Word of the Year, the annual research highlights a missed opportunity by NAPLAN which looks at how children are writing, but not what they are writing about, according to a literacy re...

Comments