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Education/Curriculum News
Have Your Say on the Australian National Curriculum!
by the Editor The Australian National Curriculum draft has been launched, and all Australians are invited to visit the new website and have their say. The purpose of the new National Curriculum is to deliver a set of national education goals to better prepare young people for their participation in a changing world.
National Approach to School Funding Announced
April 2013 The Federal Government has today set out its plan for proper resourcing of all our classrooms, teachers and schools for generations to come, to take Australian schools into the top five in the world. The National Plan for School Improvement will establish a new, fairer school funding approach, based on the needs of individual students and linked to reforms that will improve school performance. ...read more »
Schools Do Matter: Impact on University Entrance
April 2013 Schools matter when it comes to students’ tertiary entrance rankings and university enrolment, according to a new report, The impact of schools on young people’s transition to university. ...read more »
Dropping Maths Damaging Career Prospects for Girls
March 2013 The percentage of girls studying no maths for their HSC has more than doubled in the past decade, a report co-authored by University of Sydney researchers shows. ...read more »
National 'Reading Blitz' for All Young Australians
March 2013 A new national ‘reading blitz’ for all students between Foundation and Year 3 is set to be launched next year to help tackle falling literacy standards and prevent thousands of Australian children from falling behind in their schooling. ...read more »
Water Safety and First Aid Skills in the Draft HPE Curriculum
January 2013 Swimming and water safety skills, first aid and dealing with bullying are all key features of the new draft Australian Curriculum for Health and Physical Education (HPE) which has been released for consultation. ...read more »
Disappointing Results for Australia in International Student Achievement
January 2013 Reports released by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) reveal disappointing results for Australia in the latest international study of mathematics and science achievement, and in Australia’s first ever international assessment of reading at primary school level. ...read more »
High Quality Education Promised For Every Australian Child
December 2012 The Federal Government has taken the next step towards a National Plan for School Improvement with the introduction to Parliament of the Australian Education Bill 2012. ...read more »
Safe Schools are Smart Schools
November 2012 Schools across the country are taking action against bullying and the Gillard Government wants to recognise their hard work by finding the safest, smartest schools in the country. ...read more »
Next Steps in the National Plan for School Improvement
November 2012 Education Ministers will provide advice to the Council of Australian Government (COAG) meeting in December about the core elements of the National Plan for School Improvement, which aims to lift Australian schools into the top five in the world by 2025. ...read more »
