In The Classroom
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NAPLAN: Numeracy improves, literacy slips
Australia's latest NAPLAN results show improving numeracy outcomes for older students, but declining reading performance and weaker Year 3 maths…
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Testing exposes Australia’s education divide
The latest NAPLAN results show achievement gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students remain entrenched, with Indigenous, regional and lower socioeconomic…
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The power of school pride groups
School pride groups help LGBTQIA+ students feel safer, more connected and more engaged with school, but new research suggests many…
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Record numbers for PM’s Spelling Bee
The 2026 Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee opened for business last Monday with record-setting day-one numbers of 10,425 student registrations, an…
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Ill-equipped for sex education, teachers say
We surveyed 482 teachers working across government, Catholic and independent schools who deliver relationship and sexuality education and found they…
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What should an Australian teacher look like?
A review of Australia’s Professional Standards for Teachers is closing on August 7. Decisions made now could shape teaching for…
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AI needs STEM innovation in primary school
Innovation does not begin in university lecture theatres or research laboratories; it begins in primary school classrooms, where curiosity is…
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Year 12 subject cuts affecting access to university
Reports this month show student enrolments at a central Queensland public high school had fallen by 12.5% over a 15-month…
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The value of experiential learning for girls
There is a particular kind of confidence that grows when young women are invited to test their strengths in the…
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The real reason girls aren’t studying maths
The t-shirt is yellow, 100% cotton and meant for “everyday wear”. Across the front, it declares in italic script, “I’m…
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