This story appeared in the May 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
Newly released results from the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) make depressing yet tantalising reading.
The latest PISA results offer a ‘very promising story’ for Australian teachers and school leaders, experts say, with new data showing our students performed above the OECD average in science, reading and maths despite concerning long-term declines...
Proposed cuts to teacher-librarian positions across 58 Catholic schools have reignited concerns about the future of school libraries.
Larger fines for social media companies that fail to enforce a ban on under-16s could win key political support if an algorithm-free feed is offered as the default for users.
A claim by the federal Nationals leader that the feminisation of education is fuelling online misogyny has been labelled “disgusting”.
School Can’t Australia has expressed concern about the special assistance school sector’s future and urged federal, state and territory governments to review funding arrangements to protect vulnerable students who otherwise are unable to access ed...
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has come under fire for urging parents to head into schools and ‘confront’ teachers and principals over what she suggests is widespread left-wing indoctrination underway in Australian classrooms.
Nine minutes lost in every half hour of class time due to disruptive behaviour is a serious finding and we shouldn’t minimise what that means for teachers or students – but the question is, what was happening for those students before they walked ...
Australia cannot rely on consent education alone to combat sexual violence, the leader of a key round-table has warned.
