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.
Equity in education, where all students have equal access to quality education and the same opportunity to succeed, must become a priority for the Australian school system.
Ground-breaking resource empowers equity practitioners, academics and universities to improve teaching and learning outcomes and the student experience for all students.
These five things are collected from my numerous conversations and debates during the past few months about the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for schools, teachers, students and parents.
Pasi Sahlberg grew up in in a small village in Northern Finland. He believes most kids know what interests them deeply when they are very young, whether it's spiders, bicycles, guitar or drawing, and that schools should be able to adapt to help them learn as much as they can about their passions.
Nine out of ten teachers and principals in Australia have seen an increase in the number of students with emotional, social and behavioural challenges compared to just five years ago.
Children are too often turning to Siri for answers to questions and becoming distracted with computer games at a time when the COVID-19 crisis has meant they need to be more immersed in digital learning than ever before.
As the world embarks on the biggest educational experiment in history with remote learning, a major new study has unearthed troubling findings about the impact technology is having on kids health.
We all know healthy children learn better. Healthy school lunch served free to every Australian child would be a simple way to improve education and child wellbeing.
Dr Amy Graham, a Research Fellow from the Gonski Institute for Education, explains the findings of the Growing Up Digital Australia report and provides practical advice to establishing healthy digital habits for our children.
Listen to Senior Lecturer Dr Sally Baker in conversation with Associate Professor Andrew Harvey, Director of the Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research at La Trobe University discussing the history, present and future of equity in higher education.
What if more opportunities for play could address educational disadvantage among Australian children? A world-leading new project by the Gonski Institute for Education and LEGO Education Australia aims to find out.
The first in a series of Growing Up Digital Australia reports by the Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW Sydney paints a worrying picture of changed learning conditions in Australian schools.