This story appeared in the February 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
Australia’s schools are still too often measured by ATAR scores, NAPLAN results and exam rankings.
Generative AI (GenAI) might have significant potential to boost girls’ confidence, agency, and participation in STEM subjects, however realising such potential really depends on how teachers use GenAI in the classroom, new research suggests.
More students from disadvantaged backgrounds will enjoy a free, nutritious breakfast five days a week in Western Australia under the state’s expanded School Breakfast Program.
The drop-off and pick-up line has become a cleaner, quieter place at the primary school Anthony Hull and Fiona Foo send their kids to.
Tasmania’s public school teachers are escalating industrial action, starting with work bans including refusing to administer NAPLAN tests to students, in response to the State Government’s continuing refusal to negotiate a fair pay and work condit...
Australia has recorded its highest global ranking on equality, and the number of people here who believe gender equality has gone far enough has also risen significantly since 2019, but major steps are needed to improve health, safety and workplac...
A targeted review of the Australian F-2 mathematics curriculum is now underway to address poor numeracy standards amongst primary students - and it comes with a controversial new priority.
More than one in six Victorian students (or 16.8 per cent) are now educated in an independent school, while in NSW 20 per cent of the state’s total are taught in the sector, up from 13.1 per cent in 2000.
Fewer than half of young Australians believe democracy is always preferable to other forms of government, as trust in institutions wanes.
Researchers have called for a radical change in the way society understands suicide and mental illness in autistic people, who are three to five times more likely to die by suicide.
