News & Views ‘An extraordinary waste of public money’: Private schools overfunded by more than $120 million The federal and NSW governments delivered $120 million in overfunding to 130 private schools in 2020, a new report shows.
News & Views Young women more anxious than ever about future career prospects, new research suggests Monash University research into young Australian women reveals high levels of stress, and lack of career direction.
News & Views Going to private school won’t make a difference to your kid’s academic scores There is endless debate about whether private schools add value to students’ academic results. But research consistently shows when socioeconomic factors are taken into account, this is not the case.
News & Views More male teachers dissatisfied with teaching than their female counterparts In Australia, male teachers make up 22 percent of all teachers, yet more of them wish to leave the profession.
News & Views Teachers can’t keep pretending everything is OK – toxic positivity will only make them sick Many teachers are sick of pretending they are “doing OK”. They feel pressured to be unrealistically positive in the face of evidence that everything is not great.
Advice Three pieces of advice I will give my daughter when she gets her HSC results Now a CEO, Susannah actually never went to uni. She wants parents to know that the HSC score isn’t the end of the world.
News & Views Teacher gender bias is real and has lasting effects on students’ marks and study choices Research tracking teacher, classes and their grades over many years shows gender bias has long-term impacts on students’ performance and their post-school study choices
Books Bri Lee on education, privilege & the meritocracy myth In Bri Lee’s recently released third book, Who Gets To Be Smart, she interrogates educational privilege in Australia, writing about intersection of class, gender and religion.
Girls & COVID In our regions hour of need, Australia’s budget must prioritise girls’ education COVID has had devastating impacts on girls’ education in particular, unwinding decades of progress, writes Susanne Legena CEO of Plan.
News & Views ‘Education is everything’: A Boko Haram survivor on why educating girls has the power to change the world Education is everything. It is the key that unlocks doors. Unleashes potential. Unlocks dreams, writes Aishatu Alhajikabu.
News & Views Not as simple as ‘no means no’: what young people need to know about consent A recent petition circulated by Sydney school girl Chanel Contos called for schools to provide better education on consent, and to do so much earlier.
Partner Content 2020 was the most transformative year for teachers yet, so what’s next? While the challenges impacting teachers were immense, the opportunities emerging from those hurdles will benefit the education system in the long-term.