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Education policy
Spurr’s recommendations for English fundamentally flawed
If we follow the recommendations of the recently released national curriculum review for teaching English we will all …
There is a better way to select prospective teachers than just by grade scores and interviews
Teacher selection and teacher education are back in the spotlight. Media and political attention is particularly focused on …
Double standards and hypocrisy in Abbott Government’s higher education funding reforms
By Christopher Ziguras So far, the discussion of national higher education funding reforms has focused exclusively on Australian …
Donnelly’s review set to limit future for young Australians
The final report of the Australian Curriculum Review conducted by Kevin Donnelly and Ken Wiltshire has recently been …
Muddled thinking of Abbott Govt’s education policies undermines teachers and students
George Orwell wrote in 1984, “Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, …
Reid responds to Donnelly’s “inaccuracies and obfuscations”
My blog of 3/8/2014 was an edited version of the opening statement I made in a debate with …
Myth buster: improving school attendance does not improve student outcomes
Does improved student attendance lead to improved student achievement? Join prime ministers, premiers and education ministers from all sides of politics if you believe it does. They regularly tell us about the need to “improve” or “increase” attendance in order to improve achievement. We recently had unprecedented access to state government data on individual school …
Kevin Donnelly replies:the Liberal Government’s policy of independent public schools will raise education standards in Australia
(Note: What follows is an edited and expanded version of Dr Kevin Donnelly’s presentation at the recent ACSA …
The Abbott Government’s policy of ‘independent public schools’ will lower standards and widen inequalities in Australian schools.
[NOTE:This is an edited version of the negative case against the Abbott Govt’s Independent Public Schools policy made …
Novice teachers challenged by ability grouping contrary to evidence
In Australia across most school systems there is no informed, explicit and coherent policy approach to ability grouping. …