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Students challenged to create their own newspapers
Students with an itch to try their hand at journalism are being given the chance to create a sample school newspaper that could bring them to the newsroom.
- by Pallavi Singhal
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Consent to social media or sit out: NSW public schools' ultimatum to students over big events
Students in NSW schools are being told they can't participate in major school events without giving permission for their name and photo to appear on social media channels.
- by Pallavi Singhal
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Why PISA is testing students' social and emotional skills
Tomorrow’s schools will need to help students think for themselves, be empathetic and work with others.
- by Andreas Schleicher
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Dollars and sense: making money management child's play
This generation will need superior money skills to pay the bills.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
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'It was damaging': the campaign to rid schools of Reading Recovery
Lauren knew something was wrong when her son started school. But a popular program for struggling students failed to help.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Students impacted by NAPLAN Online glitch to resit test
Students impacted by widespread NAPLAN Online glitches will be given the opportunity to resit the test
- by Henrietta Cook and Fergus Hunter
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Seven years after Gonski, why is school funding still inequitable?
Australia united behind the principle of needs-based funding for school students, but a huge failure lies in the inability to implement it.
- by Jordan Baker
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'I'm pulling her out': parents ditch NAPLAN as glitches continue
A Sydney mother has pulled her daughter out of NAPLAN exams after technical glitches disrupted students' exams, prompting education authorities across the country to hold meetings to fix the problems.
- by Pallavi Singhal
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Lopsided funding gives more to private schools that need it least
The problem isn't that private schools are over-funded but that public schools are funded well below their targets, writes a Grattan Institute director.
- by Peter Goss
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NAPLAN is the educational equivalent of weighing the baby
NAPLAN can help teachers assess whether literacy and numeracy teaching practices are actually working.
- by Belinda Robinson
Education
'No logic': calls for a review of state-federal school funding split
There are calls to re-think governments' shares of school funding amid revelations funding boosts to private schools still outstrip increases to public schools.
- by Jordan Baker