As employers rethink wellbeing in a post-pandemic workplace, the key question is whether policies for pets at work are lawful, evidence-based and inclusive.
- Professor of Social Impact, University of Technology Sydney
In some good news for Australian students, there is now a firm plan to ‘fully fund’ public schools by 2034.
New research looks at a school in Sydney’s western suburbs, where high numbers of students come from immigrant families.
Our research shows some New South Wales public school students are being asked to pay for their health and physical education lessons. And those who cannot are missing out.
This week, NSW teachers learned they were going to get a “helping hand” preparing lessons from the start of term 4
A decade ago, it was hoped the Gonski reforms would level the playing field for Australian students, but the system is now even more unfair. A new book lays out how it all went wrong.
With decreasing teacher degree completion rates and low teacher retention, Australia was already facing a growing teacher shortage before the pandemic. But it’s about to get much worse.
The NSW curriculum review advocates for students to learn at their own pace. While this may work within a classroom, there is no research supporting the reform of a whole education system.
One recommendation to fix inequity in Australia is for the government to fund non-government schools to the same degree as government schools, while banning them from charging fees.
Fully funding private primary schools would significantly decrease inequity in Australia. And it wouldn’t cost the government too much more than it’s already spending on education.
A survey of 10,000 public school teachers in NSW looked at how they felt about being at school at the end of term one, their thoughts on remote learning and their feelings about returning to school.
There are several things Australian schools can do, that involve encouraging better hygiene and social distancing. They could close too, but that’s not always necessary.
Studying maths is likely to make you smarter and more employable.
A review of 20 studies shows that sport can improve outcomes for Indigenous youth in education and culture, but the evidence on longer-lasting impacts is lacking.
Public school teachers are working longer hours, which they believe will have a negative impact on their ability to teach students.
School leavers are less well prepared to enter STEM courses at university, while many finish high school with no science study at all.
Recent research which examined a group of Australian schools found laptops did make a positive difference to learning.
Just having a national curriculum for science doesn’t solve all of our problems.
Australia’s facing a slow decline in most educational standards and few are aware just how bad the situation is getting.
The federal government has released its National Industry Investment and Competitiveness Agenda, committing around A$400 million towards “industry growth centres”, new tax incentives for employee share…
With HSC exams coming up, students will be preparing to sit a range of different exams, from English to music to biology to languages. For study in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM…
Governments should invest in postgraduate school teacher education and primary-level specialist teachers in maths and science, according to a new green paper released today by the Melbourne Graduate School…
Girls are losing ground in mathematics and science education in NSW, with the number of female students studying no maths for their HSC more than doubling in ten years, according to a new report from the…
Australia is not doing well in the international literacy and numeracy attainment rankings and many rightly point out the funding issues, clearly identified in the Gonski Review, as central contributing…
Contact Rachel for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Website
- X (formerly Twitter): @rachelwilson100
- Article Feed
- Joined
