COVID-19 and Year 12 anxiety: Should the ATAR be scrapped?

Deborah Corrigan, Monash University

By Deborah Corrigan, Monash University
Community contribution / April 7, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has made us all rethink so many facets of life, and the creative responses to what we’ve previously taken for granted should be celebrated.

On the education front, it’s brought into sharper focus what our education system can offer in terms of flexibility and ...

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Deb is a professor of Science Education and the director of Education Futures, an innovative think tank that undertakes cutting edge translational research, conducts roundtables, forums and other events for educators and policy makers, and regularly publishes thought-leadership pieces in current and future priority areas of educational practice.

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