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What we must do now to rescue Australian schools
We expect education to be a catalyst for more equitable and inclusive societies yet too often governments and systems deploy one-stop solutions without detailed plans for how exactly improvements will be achieved or at what costs. The Building Education Systems for Equity and Inclusion report comes from an Academy of Social Sciences of Australia workshop …
Here’s what a brave new minister for education could do right away to fix the horrific teacher shortage
The new Federal Minister for Education Jason Clare announced last Friday he would convene a Teacher Workforce Roundtable …
How to fix education: cut tests, defund private schools
In the final part in our series of what the next government should do to save Australian education, …
My urgent wish list for Australian education
Each day this week, EduResearch Matters will publish the views of educational leaders on the state of education …
If only we really wanted to solve the problems
Each day this week, EduResearch Matters will publish the views of educational leaders on the state of education …
How to get career change teachers to stick
The Federal Government review of Initial Teacher Education has reinvigorated debates about attracting high-quality candidates into the teaching …
The new review: good, bad, ugly and curiously ignorant
In what, internationally, is becoming a sure sign of an impending general election, here we have yet another review of initial teacher education in Australia – a ‘thousand and second damnation’, perhaps, in the words of one of the review panel members. Delivered to former minister Alan Tudge in October but released last Thursday with …
It’s anarchy in England. Australia’s ITE must now steer clear.
The announcement of the Quality Initial Teacher Education Review (QITER) and publication of the expert group’s discussion paper reminded some in the initial teacher education (ITE) and research communities of the continuing influence of England on Australian education policy as well as this country’s own unique history of a hundred and one damnations in teacher …
The One Teacher Test Which Won’t Make A Difference
Improving teacher quality has been central to recent education reform initiatives around the world. However, what counts as …
The government must know how to fix the teacher shortage. Why won’t it act now?
Schools are struggling with major teacher shortages and the reason is clear. Australia’s education system is missing one fundamental part – a national teacher recruitment and retention strategy. Every other country I have reviewed has one; here’s England’s, here is Bulgaria’s, Zimbabwe’s is recently announced. I’m not emphasising this because we should copy other countries. …