NSW teacher training rules overhauled as accreditation process scrapped
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NSW teacher training rules overhauled as accreditation process scrapped

The shake-up has been welcomed by the teachers’ union,but slammed by critics who warn it will erode quality assurance and vital oversight of thousands of teaching courses.

  • byLucy Carroll

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Where does your child sit? One-third of Victorian students need help

Where does your child sit? One-third of Victorian students need help

This year’s NAPLAN results show nearly 30 per cent of Victorian students are struggling with literacy and numeracy,and it hasn’t got better.

  • byNoel Towell andCaroline Schelle
We’re out of tune with best practice,but the NSW music teacher crisis can be fixed
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We’re out of tune with best practice,but the NSW music teacher crisis can be fixed

The work required to rescue music education could start immediately,and would cost the NSW taxpayer very little money.

  • byJames Humberstone
A dyslexia school wanted to open in Melbourne. Then it got stuck in 300 bits of red tape

A dyslexia school wanted to open in Melbourne. Then it got stuck in 300 bits of red tape

A school for students with learning difficulties,including dyslexia,won’t open next year as planned due to Victoria’s “next -level extensive” requirements.

  • byBridie Smith
Why most Victorian teachers want to quit the profession
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Why most Victorian teachers want to quit the profession

A statewide survey found just three-in-10 educators envisage staying in the public school system until retirement,with 40 per cent already eyeing the exit.

  • byNoel Towell andAngus Delaney
The puzzling ways of the early riser
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The puzzling ways of the early riser

And the enduring passion of the Australian Olympian.

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A great leap forward for school children (as long as we don’t forget their teachers)

A great leap forward for school children (as long as we don’t forget their teachers)

The overhaul of the NSW primary school syllabus should benefit 800,000 students,but we must teach their teachers how to implement it.

  • byJordana Hunter andNick Parkinson
WA parents are flocking to get tutors for their kids. Why?

WA parents are flocking to get tutors for their kids. Why?

There’s something all these parents got a chance to witness firsthand in recent years,one industry veteran says.

  • byHolly Thompson
‘Biggest change in decades’:New science,history syllabuses in NSW schools

‘Biggest change in decades’:New science,history syllabuses in NSW schools

A radical overhaul of the state’s school syllabuses marks a dramatic shift away from inquiry and student-led learning to a knowledge-rich curriculum.

  • byLucy Carroll
‘We’re burning out’:WA teachers’ plea as student mental illness skyrockets

‘We’re burning out’:WA teachers’ plea as student mental illness skyrockets

More than 50 per cent of West Australian teachers have asked for support dealing with wellbeing and mental health issues appearing in their classrooms,a new study has found.

  • byHolly Thompson
Brisbane students skipped more than 2.6 million school days last year
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Brisbane students skipped more than 2.6 million school days last year

School absenteeism has not recovered to pre-COVID levels. Search every Brisbane state primary and high school’s attendance rates for the past three years.

  • byFelicity Caldwell