Numeracy in schools doesn’t add up. Here’s how experts would solve the problem

Numeracy in schools doesn’t add up. Here’s how experts would solve the problem

All children would be tested for numeracy knowledge in the first two years of school under a plan to tackle underachievement in maths.

  • byRobyn Grace

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WA teachers warn parents not to tell their kids they hate maths

WA teachers warn parents not to tell their kids they hate maths

How can parents do their best to encourage children to enjoy maths,especially if the subject was never one they loved?

  • byHolly Thompson
Major change looms for top-level HSC English course
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HSC

Major change looms for top-level HSC English course

The highest-level HSC English course is set to undergo its biggest shakeup in more than 25 years.

  • byChristopher Harris
Where are the women? High school STEM curriculum pushes ‘lone male genius’ narrative

Where are the women? High school STEM curriculum pushes ‘lone male genius’ narrative

A study of curriculums for year 11 and 12 science subjects found only three states mention the work of a female scientist – and she was from Britain.

  • byRobyn Grace
Nicki plays Dylan
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Nicki plays Dylan

Or was it just a Minaj?

Are you smarter than a 12th grader? Try your hand at some of the hardest ATAR exam questions

Are you smarter than a 12th grader? Try your hand at some of the hardest ATAR exam questions

Can you answer some of the toughest questions from the 2022 WACE exams?

  • byHolly Thompson
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Women in science not lifted by decade of investment
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Science

Women in science not lifted by decade of investment

The government’s Women in STEM ambassador says the key issue is ‘lack of respect for women,and discrimination and harassment in the workplace’.

  • byLiam Mannix
Girls’ schools buck decline in maths participation
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Education

Girls’ schools buck decline in maths participation

Girls involvement in higher-level STEM subjects is broadly declining. But at all-girls schools,the trend is reversed.

  • byLoren Bridge
Why girls are shying away from HSC extension maths

Why girls are shying away from HSC extension maths

Universities insisting on mathematics as a prerequisite has thus far failed to entice HSC students into matriculation-standard courses.

  • byDaniella White
What the ‘flight to private’ is doing to Perth schools,and those left behind
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Schools

What the ‘flight to private’ is doing to Perth schools,and those left behind

Why are relatively privileged inner suburbanites happy to put up with substandard public education and lack of return on taxes,instead paying through the nose?

  • byEmma Young
Space life sciences one giant leap for next generation workforce

Space life sciences one giant leap for next generation workforce

Space medicine is not just for astronauts.

  • byVirginia Kilborn andBruce Thompson