Category: English teachers

Is ATAR an Accurate Assessment for Admission to Education Degrees?

Commentary Back in April 2021, I observed: “The sad reality is that many Australians cannot properly spell, write, or read” and that this malaise is compounded by an inability to correctly apply the rules of grammar. I also noted that “very few students are exposed to the great books of Western civilisation but instead are required…


National Educators Group Pushes for English Teachers to Be Trained in ‘Anti-Racism’

Educators pursuing a career as a middle or high school English teacher should be “trained in anti-racism,” according to a newly released set of teaching standards created by National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The NCTE last revised its standards for educators preparing to teach English language arts (ELA) in grades 7 to 12…