While bold in its diagnosis of the issues facing Australian education and skills development, the report’s largely excellent recommendations will be quickly overshadowed by its cost, alongside the multiple levels of negotiations across federal and state governments required to legislate and implement any changes.
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When someone next tells you they are considering becoming a teacher, don’t question if they are suited for a more proper job – but also don’t smile as if they are taking on a burden you would rather ignore.
This report outlines numerous policy objectives accompanied by quantifiable targets for 2050. The goals are split into the following categories: increasing skills through equity, improving the student experience, building on quality research and systematic changes.
The dispute has been ongoing since November last year, and includes a demand for pay rises that cover the rising cost of living in the UK.
Aboriginal Studies is a subject that has seen very low enrolments across NSW public schools. As a new Labor government takes the reins, is it time that we see education reform to mandate Aboriginal Studies in NSW classrooms?
While national and state curricula attempt to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories, and experiences are embedded into classrooms, and government policy prioritises that school outcomes for Indigenous students match or better that of their non-Indigenous peers, the implementation is left almost wholly in the hands of teachers.
The paper, NAPLAN participation – who is missing the tests and why it matters, was released as students in years three, five, seven and nine around Australia sat their first NAPLAN tests of the year and highlighted a significant decline in participation in 2022.
Thales is complicit in a long list of brutal conflicts around the world and continues to provide arms to major global powers.
NSW’s major universities are still failing on equal access to higher education.
“The struggle for Darlington is a struggle not only for the preservation of tangible reminders of our past, but also the struggle for the right of individuals and communities to decide their own future.” – Darlington Public School, 1878-1978.
