This story appeared in the February 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
Australian teachers have been led astray by a prominent general capability in the national curriculum, which is based on the misguided premise that critical thinking can be taught as an abstract skill, a former teacher turned instructional coach h...
Personal information of Queensland public school students and teachers has been compromised in a massive global data breach affecting millions.
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WA schools have permanently banned Craig Silvey's books and other states are expected to follow suit after the popular author admitted guilt to child exploitation charges.
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‘Perverse’ and ‘morally bereft’ is how Jane Caro describes Australia’s school funding system, which she says works to segregate children across class lines while luring desperate parents into financial ruin in pursuit of entering the exclusive pri...
Millions of dollars earmarked for schools were spent on lucrative building contracts for a school infrastructure chief's mates, a corruption watchdog has found.
Try to recall your first time at the theatre. Whether it was an experience in a large professional theatre or a small community hall, there is something magical about the moments the lights dim, the music begins, the performers enter and you are i...
