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30/10/2024

Government introduces legislation to increase funding to public schools

SchoolNews October, 2024 by Gemma Easton The Federal Government introduced legislation to parliament last week to increase funding to public schools. The government said the legislation will enable state governments to fully

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28/10/2024

Part 2: A New Assessment Tool for Teachers

In Part 2 of “A New Assessment Tool for Teachers,” Sharon Callen dives deeper into effective usage strategies for a new literacy assessment tool. Sharing her experiences modelling the tool

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28/10/2024

Arts education: we fail our students with so many tests

EduResearch Matters October 28, 2024 by Mark Selkrig n today’s educational climate, with its intense focus on raising standardised test scores, it seems like we have lost sight of nurturing the

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27/10/2024

Teenagers are still reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Do we have a reading problem?

SMH Christopher Harris Teenagers have lower comprehension levels than they did last year and their favourite books include the primary school-level Diary of a Wimpy Kid, according to a national report

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24/10/2024

Be part of the biggest teacher survey in Australia

aitsl has a new survey. Last year they heard from over 42,000 teachers! This year they want to hear from even more. From aitsl: Why should I do the survey? Each year

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23/10/2024

Classroom Reading for Enjoyment

Bestowing the Beauty of book Blether by Mellie Green This book provides guidance for improving primary classroom reading instruction. As education stakeholders now recognise, there is an urgent need for policy

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23/10/2024

Don’t leave it up to the students to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day

SchoolNews 23 Ocober 2024 Shannon Meyerkort While World Teachers’ Day has just passed (October 5), in Australia, Teacher Appreciation Day is celebrated on the last Friday in October (October 25). While

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22/10/2024

Part 1: A New Assessment Tool for Teachers – Listening to Reading, Watching While Writing Protocol

teachific by Sharon Callen In the ever-evolving landscape of education, assessment tools that effectively capture the nuances of student learning are invaluable. One such tool, recently developed by Nell Duke and

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18/10/2024

Celebrating Our Teachers on World Teachers’ Day

World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October (later in October in Australia due to the school holidays) to celebrate all teachers around the globe. It commemorates the anniversary of

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16/10/2024

Measuring the value of libraries and Australia’s untapped literary heritage

An exciting new collaboration between libraries, authors and researchers The University of Melbourne This project is being led by Associate Professor Rebecca Giblin of the Melbourne Law School, with Dr Paul

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