Sydney’s education thought leaders have gathered at ICC Sydney for The Sydney Morning Herald School Summit.
NSW has carried an unenviable reputation for a public education system hit by falling standards,teacher flight and cancelled classes but Minister for Education and Early Learning Prue Car told a school summit those days were receding with recent reforms.
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High potential and gifted education is available in only half the state’s schools,but Education Minister Prue Car plans to change that.
The SCEGGS Darlinghurst principal criticised plans to reward 10 per cent of state school teachers with a $150,000 salary,revealing her own staff’s pay.
Knox Grammar’s headmaster says his school is experiencing a major staff shortage and there is stiff competition between education sectors.
The most disadvantaged year 1 students were half as likely to meet the expected standard as their advantaged counterparts.
Melbourne University’s international chief has urged a wary federal Education Minister to approve a plan for students put forward by Victoria as coronavirus rages overseas.
Australia should look to the UK to reverse two decades of decline in reading,maths and science,says federal minister Alan Tudge.
Unions and principals warn the government is pushing the new curriculum into classrooms too soon,risking poor-quality syllabuses,under-prepared teachers and short-changed students.