This Month
- Opinion
- High school
Australia’s science curriculum is not broken
The performance of science students has stopped declining as resources from private publishers became available to teachers. Investing more in what is working will be far more productive than starting from scratch.
- Alan Finkel
- Opinion
- Opinion
A chance to fix the inequity chasm in Australian schools
A report handed to education ministers last week has outlined a plan for real change after decades of reforms that have failed to bite.
- Doug Taylor
How much difference a high ATAR can make to your salary
Analysis of ATO data shows people who left school with very high ATARs go on to earn on average $33,000 a year more than their less brilliant peers by age 30.
- Julie Hare
Clare to states on school funding: ‘There are no blank cheques’
The federal government is seeking to link reforms designed to improve the educational outcomes of children in return for increased funding.
- Julie Hare
Every child, better outcomes, every year: schools plan goes to states
Labor’s key targets including attendance and annual learning gain will form the basis of negotiations around a new national school funding agreement.
- Julie Hare
I went to Newington and want my son to learn with girls. Here’s why
Witnesses say opponents of Newington College’s plan to admit girls blew raspberries at supporters during a heated meeting of parents at the school this week.
- Updated
- Samantha Hutchinson
Absenteeism, bad behaviour compound poor school performance
Disengaged parenting, disruptive classroom behaviour and growing levels of absenteeism are having a devastating impact on school performance.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Jason Clare’s counter-insurgency must save the education revolution
The PISA results are an opportunity to draw a line under the failed educational thinking and practices that have allowed school students to fall behind.
- The AFR View
Newington parents take fight against coeducation to speech night
More than 400 Newington College parents have joined a new group dedicated to fighting the 160-year-old private school’s plan to become coeducational.
- Samantha Hutchinson
How to fix Aussie kids’ dire classroom behaviour
Australian children are among the worst-behaved at school. A senate report has come up with some solutions.
- Julie Hare
November
Legal letter warns private school not to admit girls
A group of parents warn that Newington College’s plan to go co-ed could breach 160-year-old trust rules that specify the Sydney school’s purpose is to teach boys.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Opinion
- Opinion
Bell tolls for generations of students left behind
Money pumped into school education for two decades has only led to students continuing to slide down global rankings. Will the revised curriculum make a difference?
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Australian Curriculum gets an F for failing teachers and students
Correlation isn’t causation, yet surely it is fair to connect poor student achievement with the deficiencies in a curriculum setting out what is taught in schools.
- The AFR View
Why Australian school kids are failing
Australia’s national curriculum could be the very reason why kids are going backwards compared to their peers internationally.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Education
Australia’s curriculum gap is failing science teachers and students
Compared with the best systems, our national science curriculum is far from being world-class, as its creators claim.
- Mailie Ross
Robert Millner just wants girls to do well
He just doesn’t want them to do well at his alma mater, Newington College, or, it seems, among the executives or boards he oversees.
- Hannah Wootton
Australia’s slow march towards getting reading right
Making sure all children and young adults can read must be a top priority for all governments.
- Amy Haywood and Anika Stobart
Why coeducation is so fraught in Australia
When Newington College announced its decision to go co-ed, borderline hysteria ensued. The question is why.
- Julie Hare
October
This construction material is a time-bomb. No one seems to care
The use of versatile but porous concrete was common in post-war Britain. But its use for load-bearing purposes is a global phenomenon whose potential vulnerabilities are spread far and wide.
- Feargus O'Sullivan
- Opinion
- Education
How to turn around Australian kids’ appalling classroom behaviour
Australia’s education system has consistently been marked down when it comes to the behaviour of students and the capacity of teachers to manage classrooms.
- Glenn Fahey
