According to a new survey, over 80 percent of teachers across Australia have considered quitting the profession in the last 12 months. The Australian College of Educators (ACE) and National Excellence in Teaching Awards (NEiTA) Foundation conducted a survey of 571 educators and found that while a vast majority (87 percent) said they found it…
Over 4 in 5 Australian Teachers Considered Quitting Over the Past 12 Months: Survey
ATAR Concessions Not the Answer to Help Students: Study
As students in Australia’s two biggest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, return to school, a new study is arguing that ATAR concessions and large sums of funding for school tutoring are unnecessary. In his latest research (pdf), Glenn Fahey from the Centre of Independent Studies found an estimated 6 to 14 percent of students likely progressed…
Students Who Don’t Learn History of Australia’s Liberal Values Wont Defend the Nation: Education Minister
Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge said if students do not learn the history of Australia’s Western, liberal culture, they won’t defend the nation as previous generations have. In a speech to the Centre of Independent Studies on Oct. 22, Tudge discussed the issues with Australia’s falling education standard and the plan to reverse it. He…
NSW Extends Tutoring Program and Invests Into Improving Air Quality in Schools
The New South Wales (NSW) government has announced additional funding into the state’s education system as students begin returning to classrooms. The COVID-19 Intensive Learning Support Program will be extended to help any students who need help catching up, and funding will be invested into the indoor air quality in schools. Premier Dominic Perrottet said…
Sydney Students Back to School One Week Earlier Than Planned
Students in New South Wales (NSW) will be allowed back in the classroom one week earlier than expected. The staggered return of students will begin on Oct. 18 with Kindergarten, Year 1, and Year 12 students. Year 2, 6, and 11 students return on Oct. 25 followed by the remaining year levels on Nov. 1….
Teacher Shortage Impact on Student Learning Alarming: NSW Teachers Federation
The teacher shortage in New South Wales (NSW) is leading to numerous occasions of combined classes of up to 45 students and minimal supervision throughout regional and intercity schools. NSW Teachers Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos said the figures submitted to parliament (pdf) were alarming. It was reported that Year 11 and 12 students in Canobolas…
Tutoring Help for Students to Get up to Speed Amid COVID-19 Lockdowns
The New South Wales (NSW) Treasury is planning to put significant investment into tutoring services for students who have fallen behind during the COVID-19 lockdowns. “We know parents are pretty sick of home-schooling their kids, but what’s most important is that we don’t have our young people fall behind during this pandemic,” NSW Treasurer Dominic…
Dark Emu Should Be Removed From Schools: Education Minister
Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge has said that Bruce Pascoe’s book Dark Emu should not be taught to children in schools. Dark Emu, published in 2014, claims that Indigenous Australians were not just mere hunter-gatherers, but were actually sophisticated agriculturalists. The validity of the claims have since been brought into question by experts, yet the…
Australian Students Devastated to Spend Final High School Moments in Their Bedrooms Thanks to Lockdowns
Year 12 students in New South Wales (NSW) will spend their last weeks of high school at home due to harsh lockdown restrictions, with those in Greater Sydney enduring eight weeks and counting, of stay-at-home orders. The NSW Department of Education announced on Aug. 27 that HSC exams scheduled to begin on Oct. 12 would…
NSW Records Its Worst Year 9 Reading Score in NAPLAN, But National Results Surprisingly Steady
Preliminary NAPLAN results were released today revealed that Australia’s overall education performance has remained steady, but New South Wales (NSW) Year 9 students recorded the worst results in reading since the testing system began. One in ten students failed to reach the national minimum standard (NMS) for reading, putting the NSW Year 9 cohort behind…
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