The media’s attention-grabbing headlines are misguided and unhelpful, when the focus needs to be on how our school systems are failing students and teachers.
Testing in March, with results released in July, leaves little time for teachers to analyse the data and make use of it, or for schools to make educational improvements in that year.
Teacher retention is an ongoing issue. Actions to enhance respect will result in more positive and productive relationships between teachers and students, as well as with colleagues, and parents.
Missing in the discussion about low writing achievement among students is the impact of writing disabilities such as dysgraphia.
The Australian Educational Research Organisation’s failure to acknowledge NAPLAN’s flaws, nor draw on significant existing research, reflects a lack of respect for English teachers.
If we want to move to more productive and holistic post-COVID education in our country, we should rethink NAPLAN in its current form and focus on what matters.
If you're thinking about homeschooling because your child seems to do better at home, but are unsure if it's the right thing to do, There are some factors to take into account.
NAPLAN scores are used to gauge the quality of schools. But the overemphasis on only literacy and numeracy scores stands in the way of providing a more holistic education.
The COVID-19 disruption to our schooling system provides an opportunity to reform the flawed assessment program.
One-off system-level literacy and numeracy tests such as NAPLAN fail to take into account contexts and individual differences among students.
What can our broader society learn from schools that have created cohesive communities?
Teaching children philosophy can help improve academic results. But more importantly, it allows children a space to make sense of the world, and meaning in their lives.
Greg McMahon, executive principal of Doveton College and Michael Devine, principal of Western Port Secondary College discuss how education is really the key to breaking the cycle of disadvantage.
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