Unqualified teachers burning out as they 'try to keep ahead of kids'
Five months after graduating from university as a language teacher, Anna Du Plessis was asked to teach geography.
Reporter and social media assistant at The Sydney Morning Herald
Five months after graduating from university as a language teacher, Anna Du Plessis was asked to teach geography.
With the younger generation learning to code before they learn to read, today's high school students need to quickly catch up.
The body responsible for tertiary admissions moves to 'reduce the stress' of the month-long wait students currently face.
PISA results conclude Australian students driven to do well during and after high school.
A 3½-hour critical reading, writing and mathematics test is at the centre of a booming tutoring market.
Girls who finished year 12 at a private school are most likely to go to university, as the gap between independent, Catholic and government school students who go on to higher education widens to its highest level in recent years.
The phonics check will be based on the UK model of a 5-7 minute test in which students are asked to read aloud 40 real and made-up words.
As Alison Boston begins the hunt for a school for her four-year-old daughter Sadie, she knows one thing: she won't choose one that forces girls to wear skirts or dresses.
Year 12 students who fail to meet the state government's new literacy and numeracy standard and do not receive their HSC will still be able to get an ATAR and go to university, the body responsible for admissions has confirmed.
Mass brawls each week and teachers refusing to set foot in parts of the playground were common at Bass Hill Public School.
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