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Workforce
Vic teachers one step closer to WFH
The Victorian government on Tuesday introduced legislation that would protect the right for most of the state's employees to work from home two days a week.
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In The Classroom
Should we ‘stream’ students based on ability?
Educators have long debated whether students should be “streamed” – or organised into different classes based on their academic performance. Is it better for students to be learning with students of a similar “ability”, or…
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School Management
Multi-school organisations expand in Tasmania
Another bunch of schools will be grouped together in Tasmania as the state's government moves to expand its multi-school organisation (MSO) program.
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Workforce
20,000 migrant teachers not utilised
While schools continue to struggle to fill vacancies, Australia has access to an untapped teaching workforce. But it is not…
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In The Classroom
‘Eyes up, screens down’: New device rules in Vic
All Victorian students must have planned ‘device-free time’ each day in strict new rules announced by the education minister on Monday.
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Policy & Reform
27% of students have an adjustment for disability
New national data shows 27.2 per cent of students now receive a disability adjustment at school, up from 18 per cent in 2015, prompting researchers to warn that flaws in the funding model are driving…
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In The Classroom
New taskforce on student engagement
A recently established taskforce has found that early warning signs for student disengagement can be identified and acted on in the first few years of secondary school. Currently schools primarily rely on absence date as…
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Opinion
Career change teachers not just a quick fix
When I switched careers to become a secondary Mathematics and Science teacher, I knew it would be challenging, but I underestimated just how much of a professional identity shift it would be.
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