In studying the world’s top-performing education systems, I have had the privilege of meeting some of the leading international experts in standards, curriculum development, assessments, and teacher ...

The federal Oppostion has called for “more facts and less ideology’’ in the school curriculum, declaring a “systems failure’’ ...

Australia’s youngest students will see a back-to-basics shift in a key learning area under sweeping reforms to the national public school curriculum. The federal government invested $16.5b to reform ...

Vincent Geiger receives or has received funding from Australian Research Council, Office of the Chief Scientist and the Office of teaching and Learning. Australia is struggling to improve its ...

The James Cook University professor blames the dumbing down of a generation of Australian students on modern teaching philosophies that deride rote learning as “drill and kill”. His alarm is echoed by ...

Aussie kids are being let down by ‘impossible’ national curriculum with parents fearing they aren’t being taught the basics of reading, writing and maths. The national curriculum has also been accused ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gold Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. From spelling to grammar to multiplication, something is just not adding up. And I’m afraid the ...

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