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.
The NSW government is reviewing the way it allocates $488 million in disability funding for public schools, amid concerns the system encourages "diagnosis shopping" by parents to obtain better funding for students.
David Gonski's Review Panel in its 2011 report got it to the point: "Funding for schooling must not be seen simply as a financial matter. Rather, it is about investing to strengthen and secure Australia's future.
Adrian Piccoli, Julia Baird, Paul Barratt, Diana Sayed, Erin Watson-Lynn and Wilson Leung discuss the divide between Australia's richest & poorest schools, cancelled Hong Kong flights in wake of escalating protests and the EU's decision to ban
The kids at St Andrews Primary in Malabar couldn't believe their luck. This term, the school doubled their play breaks from two to four, letting them loose in the playground every hour.
The International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) business office is now located at the Gonski Institute for Education at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
Schools across the country will come under mounting pressure to ban mobile phones in classrooms, with federal Education Minister Dan Tehan to raise the issue at tomorrow’s COAG education council meeting.
From the first term of 2020, mobile phones will be banned in all Victorian government primary and secondary schools to stem cyberbullying and distractions in classrooms.
The controversial decision to build Sydney's first fully selective high school in more than 25 years was a "captain's call" by Premier Gladys Berejiklian in a sign she intends to exert more influence over education policy.
The division between state and federal governments' school funding responsibilities has hampered fair funding across private and public sectors and should be scrapped, says the head of the Gonski Institute for Education, Adrian Piccoli.
The damaging effects of NAPLAN could be avoided by moving to sample testing of students, says a submission to governments by the Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW Sydney.
Panelists at Gonski Institute for Education forum say latest review sheds new light on early childhood education, diversity and the teaching profession.