Over recent months, we have expanded our delivery of professional learning and outreach workshops to teachers, school leaders, parents and students in rural, remote and regional communities across New South Wales.
Every school needs a Daisy Turnbull Brown. That's the view of the Productivity Commission, which has recommended every school appoint a designated wellbeing leader.
Leading educators, academics and teachers are sounding the alarm over the impact excessive screen time is having on Australian children's reading, writing and ability to concentrate in school.
Parents overwhelmingly believe play helps children build important skills and primary schools should focus more on learning through play, but they are divided over when this should happen.
What does the research say about how schools and families can build partnerships that best support children to reach their full potential? Let's look at the evidence.
As thousands of students begin their end of high school exams today, a new survey has found that most people believe using the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) to determine university entry adds too much pressure to already stressed out s
The NSW Education Minister wants an overhaul of the ATAR as research shows the population is losing faith in the national tertiary entrance rank amid fears it is putting too much stress on students.
As just over 75,000 students in NSW sit their first Higher School Certificate exam on Thursday, the role of the ATAR – the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank – is again under the spotlight. And so it should be.
New research shows the community wants a range of skills other than those that relate to 'stressful' Year 12 exams to also be considered for university entry assessment.
Professor Pasi Sahlberg, who has worked in more than 60 countries' education systems and is now with the Gonski Institute in University of NSW, joined Future Schools Alliance founder Peter Hutton on Friday to discuss educational reform with an 80-
Catholic schools in NSW receive $300 million in taxpayer funding every six months but face far less scrutiny from the state government over outcomes and performance than public schools, prompting calls for greater transparency.
Professor Pasi Sahlberg, now based at the Gonski Institute at the University of NSW, and Peter Hutton, from the Future Schools Alliance will lead a ‘Blue Sky Thinking’ forum on the Sunshine Coast on Friday 11 October.
Adrian Piccoli, Abul Rizvi, Avril Henry, Kerryn Phelps, Shane Wright and Sangeetha Pillai discuss whether a budget surplus is the best way to boost the economy
Influential writer, practitioner and researcher of education, Pasi Sahlberg presents a series of conversations with national and international thought-leaders sketching the rationale and urgency for reform of the Australian education sector.
