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Why I’m making my son sit a test I know he’ll fail
According to NAPLAN, my son isn't learning anything at school. But one look at the Valentine's Day card he gave me shows the real problem is with the test.
- by Briana Blackett
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Our brightest kids are being left to fend for themselves
It is a disgrace that those who are academically gifted or even just talented and hardworking are disparaged for their success.
- by Cynthia Fenton
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NSW Catholic schools join calls for changes to 'unfair' NAPLAN tests
The head of NSW's Catholic schools has called for changes to the "unfair" way "NAPLAN scores are being turned into league tables".
- by Pallavi Singhal
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Brightest state school students to get new $27 million academy
High-achieving state school students will soon study university subjects and VCE extension programs at a new academy in South Yarra.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Schools turn to mindfulness to tackle student anxiety
Instead of going straight into their next lesson after recess or lunch, students at a school in Sydney's west spend up to half an hour on mindfulness.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Education
The Gonski plan: an online tool to stop children falling through the cracks
The centrepiece of Gonski 2.0 is an online tool to track student progress - and stop children slipping through the cracks.
- by Jordan Baker
Opinion
Education
Winner takes all: how private schools make everyone nastier
Unless we want a rich-poor apartheid, we need to stop giving the fat little piggies in private schools such a hefty, gold-plated leg up.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly
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Catholic alternative to Safe Schools distributed to Melbourne schools
Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Melbourne have for the first time been given resources to help them support same-sex attracted and transgender students.
- by Henrietta Cook
Education
NSW rejection a death knell for NAPLAN: teachers
The federal government is digging its heels in saying it's an important tool for parents, but NSW and teachers want NAPLAN gone.
- by Jordan Baker
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Education
Andrew Laming: this is what I really meant about teachers' pay
My call to pay teachers for every hour they work was misrepresented by vested interests as an attack on the profession.
- by Andrew Laming
Education
Curtin's 'crafternoons': Pet rocks and play time for Perth's best minds
Friendship bracelets, pet rocks and glitter paint. It's all part of this university's offerings for students.
- by Nathan Hondros