Education Report Card 2012

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published November 27, 2012

AS ever, national associations and unions have played a key part in the educational outcomes of the school year.

Whether ...

This story appeared in the December 2012 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

EOI - Senior Education Officer (EOSD) - Capability (Consent and Respectful Relation) (Multiple Positions)

Department of Education and Training (Queensland) Brisbane

Are you passionate about ensuring high quality, consistent consent and respectful relationships education for students in Queensland state schools? Are you experienced...

Teaching - Secondary / Nov 21, 2024

Teacher Aide - Burnett State College

Department of Education and Training (Queensland)

An opportunity exists for a Teacher Aide to contribute to the provision of a quality educational service by coordinating the Burnett State College School Food Program....

Teaching - Secondary / Nov 21, 2024

Director - Governance, Strategy and Planning

Department of Education and Training (Queensland) Brisbane

If you're looking for an opportunity to set direction and influence strategy and policy to positively position the department to deliver on government priorities - thi...

Teaching - Secondary / Nov 21, 2024

Community / Getting ready for 2025: Building strong readers in the early years through a structured approach to literacy

Over the past 20 years, average reading performance has been stagnant for Year 5 students with fewer high-achieving readers among the cohort than there were in 2001 or 2005.

School news / Loved Aussie doco links with AI platform to revolutionise music ed

With recent research by the Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) revealing a sharp decline in the availability of high-quality music education in Australian schools (from 23 per cent in 2010 to only 16 per cent in 2021), innovation and cr...

School news / Unequal playing field: aspiring female school leaders up against it, study finds

Female educators face systemic discrimination, gender bias and hostility that’s actively hampering their progression into school leadership roles, a new report has flagged.

School news / New cyberbully tool aimed at supporting safer online spaces

Operating like a spell checker for toxic language, a new tool flags potentially harmful messages before they are sent, encouraging users to reconsider their words.

School news / Truancy rates surging in English-speaking nations compared to others

Truancy rates have risen faster in developed English-speaking countries since the COVID-19 pandemic than in non-English-speaking countries, according to a new working paper by UCL researchers.

School news / ACT the latest to strike deal with Govt for increased federal funding

ACT is the latest jurisdiction to sign on to the Federal Government’s Better and Fairer Schools agreement, putting more pressure on the remaining powerhouse states, which continue to hold out for a better funding deal.

School news / VCAA boss resigns after blunder impacts half of Year 12 exams

Almost half of all Year 12 exams in Victoria were affected by a blunder that allowed students to view questions before sitting the test, leading the head of the exam authority to quit.

School news / ‘Publicly flogged’: Vic educators ‘gagged’ by strict media policy, principal says

Educators and leaders in Victoria’s public schools are being gagged by strict media policies that prevent them from airing concerns about the state-wide shift to explicit instruction and the science of learning, one principal has said.

Community / Co-design in online-safety education: creating solutions with children, not for them

Australian educators, parents and carers agree on the importance of online safety.

School news / Mind check: should schools track kids' mental health?

When teenager Gianna was going through her darkest times, digital support services helped her see the light at the end of the tunnel.

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