Before MP Moira Deeming made headlines for her expulsion from the Victorian Liberal Party for attending a women’s rights rally, she was a high school teacher for 12 years with a passion for helping her students excel. Ms. Deeming received her teaching degree from the prestigious University of Melbourne; however, two key experiences made her…
‘A Teacher’s Dream’: Moira Deeming MP on Her Journey From Teacher to Homeschooler
Universities Need to Improve Teaching Degrees: Real Schools CEO
An education expert has suggested that universities that do not have high-quality teaching degrees should face sanctions. Adam Voight, founder and CEO of Real Schools, an innovative mentoring and coaching program designed for school leaders, said there needs to be a fundamental shift at the university level on how students learn and how they are…
Specialist School Among 60 Facing ‘Unfair’ Tax in Australian State
One of the Victorian private schools facing a new $322 million (US$214 million) state tax caters to children with language and learning difficulties. Andale School in Kew has been named on a list of 60 independent and religious schools in the state to be stripped of their longstanding payroll tax exemption from July 2024. Education Minister Natalie…
Students’ Dropout Rates Highest in a Decade: Productivity Commission Report
Australia’s school retention rate has dropped to the lowest level in 10 years, with one in five teenagers not finishing high school in 2022. According to the Productivity Commission report on government services published on June 6, only 79 percent of students from year 10 to year 12 finished high school, the lowest in a…
One-in-Five Students Enter High School With Year 4 Level Literacy and Numeracy: Research
One in five students is starting high school with the literacy and maths skills of a Year Four student, says the latest government report outlining Australia’s flunking education system. The Australian Educational Research Organisation (AERO) has put forward a multi-tiered support system to help high school students, who are without foundational literacy and numeracy skills,…
Higher Entry Standards and ‘Old-School’ Teaching Methods Needed for Better Teachers, Says Expert Panel
Experts have recommended a revamp to Australia’s approach to developing its future teachers, including higher entry requirements, a return to explicit teaching instruction, and more support for mid-career transition to teaching. A panel of experts led by Professor Mark Scott, the vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney, released its paper that reviewed how the teaching…
Right to Faith-Based Education Sacrificed at the Altar of Progressivism
Commentary If, like most of us, you are under the impression that parents have a “right” to see their children educated within their own values system, you are mistaken. In practice today, mainstream religion, and all the values that it connotes, are being erased from our national education system. Every child in Australia has the…
Weak Debate Around Education Does Little to Help Our Children
March 17, 2023
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Commentary Children are society’s most precious commodity or asset. It is their well-being and the virtues instilled in them as they grow up which will determine our society’s future. We all need to be fully invested in our children’s future from a family perspective right through to our nation at large. Part of being fully…
Universities’ Push for Quantity Over Quality of Students Sees Higher Failure Rates Than Ever
February 27, 2023
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Financial incentives are encouraging Australian universities to admit more and more high school graduates that receive low Australian Tertiary Admission Ranks (ATAR) or use alternative admission schemes, resulting in a soaring number of dropouts, a new report found. While there are calls to scrap ATAR entirely, the Centre of Independent Studies argues that greater, not…
‘Too Stupid’: Former Australian Deputy PM Believes Taiwan Conflict Unlikely
December 13, 2022
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Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce believes Beijing will not engage in outright conflict with Taiwan because it would be “too stupid.” Joyce made the comments after returning from a visit to Taiwan with a bipartisan delegation consisting of Labor, Liberal, and Nationals MPs. “China and Taiwan, I believe, are unlikely to come to…
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