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The proportion of children in England who struggle to read has remained at a similar level for many years.
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
A new oracy framework will support communication skills across the whole curriculum.
A significant barrier will be the lack of specialist teachers.
Until now religious education teaching has been compulsory but patchy in quality.
Once a thriving part of the national curriculum, design and technology has suffered years of decline.
Children consistently expressed a desire for more choice in their education.
The report proposes sticking with the curriculum approach brought in through reforms over the last decade or so, but focusing on inclusion.
The government should publish a recommended curriculum that, crucially, schools are not bound in law to follow.
An experiential learning approach has an emphasis on the development of skills.
By pushing the timing of approval back to April, likely just before the election, the government has put itself in a position to use the curriculum to score political points.
Public debates about the Australian Curriculum are arguably a sign of democracy at work. Suggesting that some things, such as Anzac Day, are sacred and beyond critical inquiry is not.
The education sector has to constantly re-learn lessons about using digital technologies in teaching.
Last week the states agreed to the implementation of changes to the national school curriculum brought about by the National Curriculum Review undertaken last year.
We run a significant risk that the divide between the haves and have-nots will widen even further through the “back to basics” curriculum approach advocated by Education Minister Pyne.
This week the ministers of education for the states and territories will consider recommendations from federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne to revise the Australian curriculum. These recommendations…
The Review of the Australian Curriculum was released last month and the initial responses by the federal government and others soon followed. So what happens now for this review, an analysis of the national…
The review of the Australian curriculum raises major concerns about access to a quality curriculum for students with disability. Under the guise of creating greater inclusivity, the review recommends a…
Don’t be distracted by theatrics about political correctness, the boundaries of bad humour and professorial impropriety. The real excitement in the “Spurr Affair” has been occurring in the Federal Court…
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