Australia needs a new national assessment system rather than reforms to the current NAPLAN system, according to a new report from the Gonski Institute for Education.
The new director says she is proud and honoured to take on the role and lead the Institute forward into an exciting new phase with a clear focus on addressing education inequality.
Research from the Gonski Institute for Education reveals parents perceive digital devices as necessary for their kids’ learning but are worried about the distraction and activities they’re missing out on.
A new report recommends scrapping the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) for a new National Assessment System that puts students’ interests first.
The Phase 2 report surveyed nearly 2,500 parents, grandparents and caregivers and collected data about more than 5,000 children across Australia on home use of digital devices by young people during the pandemic.
In this short article, we explain what play is, how we all benefit from letting the children play more, what Australians think about play, and what parents and teachers can do to get our children, and all of us, to play more and better in and out of school.
