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The latest news for the education industry. Professional development / Supporting NAPLAN results with free curriculum-aligned content for educators While this year’s NAPLAN results have demonstrated that national levels are broadly stable, areas for improvement have been highlighted, with an average of 10.3% of students needing additional support in reading and 9.5% in …
Student absence crisis: Blockbuster lesson for schools on kids in ...
2 days ago · At least 1.2 million (or one in three) school children have a medical or mental condition serious enough to affect attendance and wellbeing, with 24 percent of enrolled students receiving an educational adjustment due to disability and 14 percent having a spectrum disorder. Backing on to this, some claim two in five Australian children are now confronting so-called “school refusal”.
NAPLAN scores remained stable during pandemic school closures: …
1 day ago · The research published earlier this year in The Economics of Education Review and appearing in print last month, analysed NAPLAN test scores across Australian states.. It examined differences in student performance based on varying periods of remote learning between 2020 and 2021, with school closures ranging from 9 to 157 days.
‘Action is too slow, students fall through the gaps’: the cost of ...
1 day ago · A statement from the ERO says that by the age of 20, they cost the Government three times as much as students who go to school. “We found that despite the dedication of schools and attendance services, the current system to get these students back to school is not effective and needs substantial reform,” a spokesperson for ERO says.
Air quality around schools increasing health risks for kids: new study
2 days ago · Produced by the Climate Council and titled Airborne hazard: How air pollution harms our kids the report reveals 827 schools and more than 2300 childcare centres in our capital cities are within 100 metres of a busy road. Childcare centres are the most likely to be located near a busy road (21 per cent), followed by secondary schools …
Legislation to increase public school funding passes House of Reps
Nov 7, 2024 · The Federal Government has passed legislation through the House of Representatives today to increase funding for public schools. The legislation, it says, is “all about enabling governments to fully fund our public schools and tie that funding to reforms to help students catch up, keep up and ...
No need to reinvent the wheel: there's a proven sequence for …
Oct 3, 2024 · It tells us that every child can learn, that when we sequence knowledge in a particular and deliberate way, make sure we get the size of the bites right, and teach explicitly, with the right number of repetitions, every child and young person can learn.
New science of learning resources offer teachers practical ‘how to’
Feb 27, 2024 · The teaching guides cover ‘priority’ topics including explict teaching, explaining learning objectives, rules and routines, monitoring progress and supporting self-regulated learning, with more topics set to be covered over the course of this year.
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Future-ready approaches reveal what’s possible for schools: new …
Jan 24, 2024 · As students across the country begin returning to schools nationwide in the coming weeks, with many pursuing their optimum ATAR score, a new report has shed light on emerging education approaches that could be key to better preparing …